Kate Winslet reveals moment of doubt while playing ‘Lee’ role

Kate Winslet has recently revealed moment of doubt while selecting a powerful role in movies.

In a new interview with 60 Minutes, the Titanic star said she never thinks herself worthy of a role even though being an Oscar-winning actress.

“I mean, it is, even to this day. Like anything, going for a job interview, it’s absolutely terrifying. If it’s a job you really want, doubly terrifying.”

Kate mentioned, “When I was doing Lee, I would sit there and I would say, ‘This is ridiculous. I can truly think of at least five other brilliant actresses who would have played this part much better than me. Like a lot better.’

“And often I will turn to another crewmember and I’ll say, ‘They just read the wrong name off the list. I’m telling you; they didn’t mean for me to be here,” explained the Reader actress.

Dishing out preparation details for Lee role, Kate pointed out that she researched archives with the help of Lee Miller’s son. She also hired a historian to make an exact replica of photographer Lee’s camera.

“It couldn’t just be a prop,” she remarked.

Kate stated, “It needed to feel like an extension of my arms. I had to be confident and comfortable with it. And in order to do that, I had to know what I was doing.”

For the unversed, Lee was a fashion model who turned to photography. During WWII, she served as a war correspondent for Vogue and took some of the first pictures of the horrors of the Nazi concentration camps at Buchenwald and Dachau.

“There was one potential investor who said to me, ‘Why should I like this woman?’ I mean, she’s drunk, she’s, you know, she’s like loud. She, I mean, he just probably stopped short of saying she has wrinkles on her face,” continued the Revolutionary Road actress.

To which, Kate added, “It’s hard to make movies about historical female figures. You know, typically, those aren’t movies that would necessarily do well in the box office.”