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 her breath underwater for seven minutes. Winslet will next star alongside Susan Sarandon and Mia Wasikowska in "Blackbird", a remake of the Danish film "Silent Heart" (2014), directed by Roger Michell; and alongside Saoirse Ronan in "Ammonite", a drama about the romance between two British women in the 1840s. She has also committed to portray the model and photographer Lee Miller in an upcoming biopic, and will provide her voice for "Moominvalley", an animated television series about the Moomins. Winslet supports several charities and causes. An orange top she wore in "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" was auctioned in