 Playing a couple in a failing marriage in the 1950s, DiCaprio and Winslet spent some time together in preparation, and DiCaprio felt claustrophobic on the small set they used.He saw his character as "unheroic" and "slightly cowardly" and someone "willing to be just a product of his environment".Marshall Sella of "GQ" called it the "most mature and memorable performance of his lifetime"; DiCaprio earned his seventh Golden Globes nomination for the film.