When Kate Winslet stumbled upon the extraordinary story of Lee Miller she didn’t want to let go.
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Winslet didn’t just want to play this woman; she wanted to shepherd the story to fruition. It set her on a nearly 10-year journey to bring “Lee” to the big screen. It opens nationwide Friday. WINSLET: When I go to work, it’s never from a distance. The idea of protecting oneself or chilling out at the end of the day with a nice hot bath and a glass of wine, I just haven’t learned that. And I don’t know that I want to. I don’t think that’s how I work. I started this process in 2015, I went and sat with Antony Penrose and his time getting to know his mother only after she had passed away. It completely floored me.
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