Kate Winslet gushes over Rufus Sewell as she recalls forgotten real-life romance with the Scoop actor By Kirsten Murray For Mailonline Published: 07:28 EDT, 8 April 2024 | Updated: 07:30 EDT, 8 April 2024 e-mail 3 View comments Kate Winslet has opened up about her forgotten real life romance with Scoop star Rufus Sewell. The actors famously starred in The Holiday together where Rufus' character Jasper, left Kate's character Iris, who was in love with him, heartbroken by announcing his engagement to another woman at Christmas. However, off screen years before filming for the Christmas classic, the pair enjoyed a brief romance after they met while working together at the Royal Shakespeare Company in the early 1990s.
Appearing on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show on Virgin Radio on Monday, Kate brought up their past romance as Chris asked whether the 48-year-old has had a chance to watch Netflix's Scoop yet, which sees Rufus star as Prince Andrew. Kate replied: 'No. But I bumped into Gillian Anderson at an event not very long ago, and I was asking her about it.
Kate Winslet, 48, gushed over Rufus Sewell, 57, as she recalled the pair's forgotten real-life romance during an interview on The Chris Evans Breakfast show on Monday The pair enjoyed a brief romance after they met while working together at the Royal Shakespeare Company in the early 1990s (pictured in 1995) 'And Rufus Sewell is so terrific, you know, I used to go out with Rufus Sewell years ago. Back in the day, a long time .