Kate Winslet will replace the pregnant Nicole Kidman in the movie “The Reader,” according to People.
Kidman announced she was leaving the project following news of her pregnancy.
As it turns out, Winslet was originally offered the role but couldn’t commit due to scheduling conflicts, People reported.
“Kate was offered it first before Nicole but couldn’t do it but the dates clashed with commitments to Revolutionary Road,” a source told People. “So the dates changed, Nicole then got pregnant and now it has come back to Kate.”
“The Reader,” based on Bernhard Schlink’s 1995 best-seller, centers around an affair between a teenage boy and an older woman in post-WWII Germany. The film also stars Ralph Fiennes.
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