Peter Jackson confirms he was actually Kate Winslet’s first onscreen kiss aged 17

Kate Winslet and Peter Jackson share a special history (Picture: FilmMagic)

Peter Jackson has reminded us all that he was actually Kate Winslet’s first onscreen kiss when she was 17 years old.

The New Zealand-born filmmaker, 64, took to the stage during a career retrospective at the Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday to a thunderous round of applause after a sizzle reel of his filmography was shown – from 1987 sci-fi film debut Bad Taste to King Kong and, of course, The Lord Of the Rings trilogy.

It also included a glimpse of his cameo as a tramp in the 1994 crime drama Heavenly Creatures, which may have passed many by.

But it’s him who Winslet’s character Juliet Hulme kisses ...