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 O'Flynn Kate O'Flynn Kate O'Flynn is a British actress who has appeared on stage at the National Theatre in productions of "Port" and "A Taste of Honey" and in films including "Up There" and "Mr. Turner". Kate O'Flynn attended Manchester's Royal Exchange youth theatre as a teenager, before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Her first professional role was in Mike Leigh's 2008 film "Happy-Go-Lucky". Later that year, her performance in "The Children's Hour" with the Royal Exchange Theatre Company won her the 2008 TMA Theatre Award for Best Supporting Performance in a Play. In 2009, O'Flynn appeared