Kate Winslet’s ‘Contagion’ Role Helped Her Combat Coronavirus

The Coronavirus pandemic hit us out of nowhere and many were left scrambling on how to function in the new normal.

However, actress Kate Winslet recently spoke to The Hollywood Reporter and revealed that her role in 2011’s “Contagion,” had her prepared. The movie is eerily similar to what happened in the world today, almost as if it predicted the future.

“I think it’s the unknown element of this virus. We just don’t know how it’s going to affect any given individual. I think that was what’s so terrifying,” sge said. “I’m a very practical, straightforward person, and if I have to respond to an emergency, I just go into that zone.”

While preparing for the movie role, Winslet had spent time with some of the best health experts around the world. She began taking safety precautions way before the virus became a pandemic.

And “into that zone” she went, taking action to stay healthy much earlier than those around her.

“People thought I was crazy because I had been walking around wearing a mask for weeks, going into the grocery store and wiping everything down with isopropyl alcohol and wearing gloves,” said Winslet. “Then all of a sudden March 13 came around, and people were like, ‘F—k, where do I get one of those masks?’”

Despite her own precautions, two people close to her became infected.

“One was in L.A. and was very lucky to get on a trial using convalescent plasma and did really, really well in the space of, like, 72 hours after the treatment. “And a dialect coach who lives in London has had it, was in hospital for 11 weeks, is out, and has had every lung test, blood test, blood pressure test, and is clear of everything but just cannot get better — is breathless, lethargic, still feels very unwell.”