Kate Winslet as Lee Miller in Lee

Welcome back, and welcome to Season 2!

Yay! Now that the SAG-AFTRA strike is over, I'm able to talk about LEE, Kate Winslet's film directed by Ellen Kuras, where Kate is real life WWII photojournalist Lee Miller.  NO SPOILERS in this podcast. I'm so lucky to be able to see this film 4 times at TIFF (2 times at the public viewings, and 2 times as press & industry). Should note that a reason I got in as press & industry is because of this acting podcast, ha ha. Extremely happy to have shared this world premiere viewing with my friend Brenda ( @kleoofdreams on Twitter), a fellow Winsletor and admirer of Kate's work.

What did Kate do for LEE? I talk about her preparations, education, and HARD WORK Kate did leading up to portraying Lee, how Kate uses her eyes and breath to let us see the atrocities that Lee sees, how she LISTENS to what is being said to her and the things around her, the physical "risks" that Kate takes, the parallels between the struggles (and eventual overcoming of these challenges) that both Lee Miller and Kate Winslet and its filmmakers endured just by being women, and the non-acting support Kate put into the film including funding Lee and supporting its actors including Andy Samberg. Oh, and forget Evan Peters' drunk acting in Mare of Easttown, let's admire Kate's drunk acting in Lee! ;)

And HELP! This film still needs a U.S. distributor. It definitely deserves one. Especially for this kind of film led by females. It's a worthy film to see: To learn history, its realities, the struggles and achievements of women, and more.

If you want to read my review of LEE, head over to my Twitter https://twitter.com/ahung  Thanks to Michelle Hughes on Facebook for helping me secure a ticket to the public screening.

 LEE stars Kate Winslet, Alexander Skarsgård, Andrea Riseborough, Marion Cotillard, Josh O'Connor, Andy Samberg & Noémie Merlant. To find out more about Lee Miller, go to the Lee Miller Archives https://leemiller.co.uk And yep, Brenda & I noticed Joe Anders right away, playing American GI Frank Kleeman.

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