OlderKate Winslet is The Reader
Kate Winslet confers with director Stephen Daldry on the set of their new period drama The Reader in Sasony, Germany on Tuesday.
The Reader is based on the best-selling post-WWII novel by German author Bernhard Schlink, in which a young man obsessed with an older woman is forced to face the awful truth at a war crimes trial. Kate, 32, and Ralph Fiennes, 45, star in the lead roles.
This is the film that Winslet originally turned down the offer due to a scheduling conflict with her other film Revolutionary Road. Nicole Kidman then accepted the role but later backed out because of her pregnancy. Winslet’s schedule cleared up again and then agreed to to replace Kidman. As it turns out, Daldry got his first choice!
The Reader tentatively will open Dec. 12, 2008.
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aaaaaa….i was forced to read that book in school!!
will be interesting how they depict the relationship between a sixteen year old boy and a woman in her late thirties on screen :P
just jared it´s called Saxony not Sasony… and she´s doing this in the city called Goerlitz.
Kate is a much better fit than Nicole. THis character is supposed to be strong and sexual. Kate projects strength and sexuality better than stiff Kidman. And you peopel say she is ugly are dumb and just look at an unflattering picture where she is pulling an EXPRESSION where her face is scrunched up and think that is what she looks like. No it’s just a scrunched up face she’s pulling. Kate is beautiful. And Nicole is an overrated actress in my opinion. Kate is much stronger and a better fit for this book. ANd Nicole can’t express any emotion on her face. Kate can.
and Kate can play icy characters and passionate characters she has better range of emotion than Nicole. She can fit to any character. And if you read the book the character is controlling. Nicole comes off as passive while Kate is more of a strong womn on screen. That’s why she fits the role better than Nicole and that’s why the director preferred Kate for the role instead of Nicole in the first place. I don’t get the fuss over Nicole. She has never wowed me in a role. She won an Oscar for the Hours but I thought she was the weakest part of the movie, and that Julianne Moore gave the best performance.
I believe the area in Germany is Saxony —- not Sasony . Thank you.
Wonder full Kate in Görlitz
The Reader will most likely be a big hit now that kidman is not in it
Kate is so much better actress than Nicole. I can’t wait to see this!
I think that kate winslet is the best and most beautiful actress in hollywood. Every movie I see of her just wows me to tears. Nicole has never done that for me. I am kate winslet #1 fan and I know that this movie is ganna be a great movie and that she is going to win an ocar for 2009 for eather the Reader or Revolutionary Road…and I’m not even saying that my self movie critics have already said that she is going to win this year for the latter. And I just can’t wait I’m ganna cry when she wins! =D
i’m waiting THE READER since the first day i knew it will be release !!!! i’m sure she will win an Oscar for this part ! i believe a lot in her play ! love you kate ! (F) (L) !
oh i think she is not ugly . she is prfect on her role and art . can u remember TITANIC without her ?
i think kate is sound great . sh is not ugly . she is perfect . can u remember TITANIC without her ?
Just come back from seeing this film and it is brilliant. Kate is so beautiful - no way could Nicole Kidman have pulled this off she has not got enough expression in her face.
Wow!! I love t Kate , is there a book either , People can someone tell me breifly what the film about ..
YAY !! AGAIN
Big fan mm
she is butiful wat we can imagine
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