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James Artaius

"No women were going as photographers – they couldn't even get accreditation…" Kate Winslet talks Lee Miller biopic

Kate Winslet as Lee Miller in the movie 'Lee'.

With the biopic of American photographer Lee Miller opening at theaters in the UK today, star Kate Winslet has spoken about the many challenges faced by Lee – both for the real-life Miller, as a female war photographer covering the atrocities of concentration camps, and for Winslet trying to get a film about a woman made in 2024. 

"As a woman, it is very hard to make films about women, believe it or not," said the star while appearing on British talk show, Lorraine (embedded below). "Lee Miller had a vast, vast life, and if you Google her she's often referred to as a muse, or the ex-model, former covergirl – which was a sliver of her life in her twenties. 

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