The Reader (2008 film) date and had his name removed from the credit list. Rudin differed with Harvey Weinstein "because he didn't want to campaign for an Oscar along with "Doubt" and "Revolutionary Road", which also stars Winslet." Winslet won the Best Actress Academy Award for "The Reader". Marc Caro wrote, "Because Winslet couldn't get Best Actress nominations for both movies, the Weinstein Co. shifted her to supporting actress for "The Reader" as a courtesy..." but that it is "... up to [the voters] to place the name in the category that they think is appropriate to the performance", resulting in her receiving more
Kate Winslet leanings who falls in love with her cousin, Jude (played by Christopher Eccleston). Roger Ebert believed that the part allowed Winslet to display her acting range, and praised her for the defiance she brought to the role. After unsuccessfully auditioning for Kenneth Branagh's 1994 film "Mary Shelley's Frankenstein", Winslet was cast for the part of Ophelia, the doomed lover of the title character, in Branagh's adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy "Hamlet". Winslet, at 20 years old, was intimidated by the experience of performing Shakespeare with established actors such as Branagh and Julie Christie, saying that the job required a level