Kate Winslet is the New Nicole Kidman

Tue, 08 January 2008 at 6:05 pm

Kate Winslet is replacing mom-to-be Nicole Kidman in the new drama The Reader.

“Kate was offered it first before Nicole but couldn’t do it but the dates clashed with commitments to Revolutionary Road,” an insider tells People. “So the dates changed, Nicole then got pregnant and now it has come back to Kate.”

Added the source, “Actually everyone is happy now – Nicole as she has a baby on the way, Kate because she has this great role she originally wanted to do, and the filmmakers are too.”

The Reader is about an affair between a teenage boy and an older woman in post-WWII Germany.

Photos: Frazer Harrison/Bryan Bedder/Getty
Posted to: Kate Winslet, Nicole Kidman
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# 31

Alice @ 01/09/2008 at 11:21 am

I’m very very happy for Kate, a real young talented actress of our generation! Plot sounds very good and she’s perfect for a drama story! And Stephen Daldry is a brilliant director, he has done a great work in the hours! I hope to see very soon this new Kate’s project and…Revolutionary Road with Leo!!!! ^__^
gooo Kate!!!!

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# 32

Sonora @ 01/09/2008 at 3:22 pm

Botox and Cricket:

Nicole has won 1 Oscar and 3 Golden Globe awards.
Kate has won 0 Oscar and 0 Golden Globae awards.

Enough said!

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Jennifer @ 01/11/2008 at 11:08 am

I can’t wait for this movie. I read the book at school, and I think Kate is perfect. Nic would have been good, but Kate’s better. so excited!