Carey Mulligan refused to meet Kate Winslet because she was "ashamed" of herself.
The 29-year-old actress idolises ‘The Reader’ star and was mortified when she learned Kate and her then-husband Sam Mendes had been in the audience at a performance of her 2008 play ‘The Seagull’ because she didn’t think she had done very well.
She recalled: "Someone came to our dressing-room and said: ‘Oh, my God! Sam Mendes and Kate Winslet are here.’ And I was like, ‘Are you kidding?’ And I burst into tears.
"Everyone else from the cast went to do a meet-and-greet with him and I went out the back door. I didn’t want to go anywhere near them, I was so ashamed. I just got into a cab, went home and cried."
Carey – who is married to Mumford & Sons singer Marcus Mumford – admires Kate and fellow actresses Marion Cotillard and Cate Blanchett because of their "strong, bold" working choices.
She told the new issue of Britain’s Harper’s Bazaar magazine: "I have a fear of being passive and every choice they make is really strong.
"Even if they’re playing something very quiet, it’s visceral and bold."
Though she has wanted to act since she was six years old, the ‘Suffragette’ star hasn’t always felt comfortable on set and constantly worried she would get fired from her early jobs.
She admitted: "I’m better at it now. I think it’s getting older.
"The first couple of jobs I did, I was like, ‘How did I land this? I hope they don’t fire me.’ Now I do that less. I have opinions."
Carey Mulligan was ‘ashamed’ to meet Kate Winslet
