Kate Winslet on stigma around homosexuality in Hollywood: Actors are terrified it will affect their casting Kate Winslet recently spoke about the stigma around coming out of the closet in Hollywood. Scroll down to read about the revelations she made. Written By Pinkvilla Desk 20188 reads Mumbai Updated: April 5, 2021 08:13 pm Kate Winslet on stigma around homosexuality in Hollywood: Actors are terrified it will affect their casting Titanic star Kate Winslet recently got candid about the stigma around coming out of the closet in Hollywood. Speaking to the Sunday Times Culture, the 45-year-old Titanic actress opened up about being aware of “at least four actors” who weren’t willing to make their sexuality public due to being “terrified” that it will “stand in the way” in an industry that harbours “judgment, discrimination and homophobia.” “I cannot tell you the number of young actors I know – some well known, some starting out – who are terrified their sexuality will be revealed and that it will stand in the way of their being cast in straight roles,” she explained.