Melanie Lynskey details ‘heartbreaking’ loss of Kate Winslet friendship
Melanie Lynskey misses Kate Winslet.
The “Yellowjackets” star reflected on her friendship with her “Heavenly Creatures” co-star in a new interview, sharing that they lost touch with each other once Winslet rose to fame.
“When I lost touch with Kate, it was more heartbreaking than some breakups that I’ve had,” Lynskey said on the “Happy Sad Confused” podcast Thursday.
“It was so painful, and it wasn’t like anything happened. It’s just she became a gigantic, international movie star, and she didn’t have a lot of time, and then, suddenly, she’d be in Los Angeles and not have time.”
The “Two and a Half Men” alum acknowledged that people “drift apart” all the time, though she said losing the “Titanic” star as a pal was particularly “painful” for her.
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Lynskey, 45, and Winslet, 47, played the lead roles in the Oscar-nominated 1994 psychological drama “Heavenly Creatures” when they were both teenagers.
The “Last of Us” star described their friendship as “more intense than some love affairs” in a 2012 Time interview, adding, “We developed such a bond that for a long time we couldn’t let it go. We would write each other letters and talk on the phone all the time. We were in constant contact for so long.”
However, Lynskey revealed in Thursday’s podcast episode that she has not seen the “Mare of Easttown” star since 2009 when they ran into each other at the premiere of “Away We Go.”
The “Candy” star still sees Winslet as “a huge inspiration,” though.
“Kate Winslet is doing movies, and you’re getting to witness that talent and those performances,” she noted. “This is an actor who comes along once in a generation.”
