Cinema Science

Wow, that didn't take long. Just Monday Nicole Kidman had to drop out of her new film, The Reader, because she was pregnant. Today the production has already found a replacement and actually traded up in my mind. Kate Winslet is replacing Nicole Kidman as the female lead. She had not yet shot any scenes. The story is about a teen who falls for an enigmatic older woman in postwar Germany. Winslet was actually the first choice for the role when casting began, but she declined because of a scheduling conflict with Revolutionary Road. But filming on Reader was delayed when production on Kidman's project Australia went longer than expected, and by the time she pulled out of Reader, Winslet was available again. She joins a cast that includes Ralph Fiennes and German actor David Kross