Kate Winslet believed that the small set they used helped them to develop their character's strained relationship. Hailing Winslet as "the best English-speaking film actress of her generation", David Edelstein of "New York" magazine wrote that "there isn't a banal moment in Winslet's performance—not a gesture, not a word". To avoid a scheduling conflict with "Revolutionary Road", Winslet turned down an offer to star in "The Reader". After her replacement Nicole Kidman left the project due to her pregnancy, Winslet was signed to it. Directed by Stephen Daldry, "The Reader" is based on Bernhard Schlink's novel "Der Vorleser" and is about Hanna
Kate Winslet a theme of characters who are free-spirited with a sexual edge to them. Stephen Whitty of NJ.com associates Winslet with "serious, almost despairing material", although he finds it hard to pigeonhole her as an actress. Leonardo DiCaprio, who starred with Winslet in "Titanic" and "Revolutionary Road", considers her to be "the most prepared and well-researched actor on set", and Jude Law, her co-star in "The Holiday", believes that despite her seriousness she remains "very calm and good-natured". Her "Steve Jobs" director Danny Boyle has identified a willingness in Winslet to avoid typecasting and has said that she takes an effort