The Last Of Us and Yellowjackets actor Melanie Lynskey reveals she was 'heartbroken' when she lost touch with Hollywood co-star Kate Winslet at the start of their film careers
Melanie Lynskey has made a resurgence into the mainstream after her incredible performances in The Last Of Us and Yellowjackets.
Now the New Zealand-born actor, 45, has revealed she once starred alongside the likes of Hollywood sensation Kate Winslet before her Titanic debut.
However, despite forming a close bond on the set of Heavenly Creatures in 1994, Melanie was left 'heartbroken' when the pair drifted apart following Kate's rise into award-winning fame.
'I guess when I lost touch with Kate, it was more heartbreaking than some breakups that I've had. It was so painful,' she told the Happy Sad Confused podcast on Friday.
'It wasn't like anything happened, it's just she became a gigantic international movie star and didn't have a lot of time.'
The Last Of Us star Melanie Lynskey, 45, (pictured) revealed she was 'heartbroken' at losing contact with Hollywood star Kate Winslet after they formed a close bond on the set of Heavenly Creatures in 1994
Melanie went on to say the pair 'drifted apart' after the movie star jetted off to Los Angeles following her breakout role in James Cameron's epic.
'It was so painful for me,' Melanie said.
'Suddenly, she'd be in Los Angeles and not have time. And it just gradually happened. And it happens in relationships. You gradually drift apart.
'I guess when I lost touch with Kate, it was more heartbreaking than some breakups that I've had. It was so painful,' she told the Happy Sad Confused podcast on Friday
Melanie went on to say the couple 'drifted apart' after the movie star, 47, (pictured) jetted off to Los Angeles following her breakout role in James Cameron's epic Titanic
Kate and Melanie starred and debuted alongside each other in Peter Jackson's 1994 flick Heavenly Creatures.
The New Zealand film is a biographical psychological drama about two young women who develop an obsessive bond with one another.
After their parents threaten to separate them, the pair murder one of their mothers to stay together and are later arrested.
Three years after Heavenly Creatures was released, Kate shot to sudden fame for her iconic role alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the award-winning film Titanic.
Kate and Melanie starred and debuted alongside each other in Peter Jackson's 1994 flick Heavenly Creatures (pictured). The New Zealand film is a biographical psychological drama about two young women who develop an obsessive bond with one another
Three years after Heavenly Creatures was released, Kate shot to sudden fame for her iconic role alongside Leonardo DiCaprio in the award-winning film Titanic
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