Kate Winslet battled sexism to source out funding for her latest film ‘Lee’: “I came up against men”

In her new movie, Lee, Kate Winslet is all prepared to don the uniform of a war photojournalist. In addition to being a biography, the film powerfully promotes the femininity that Lee Miller embodied.

Before her movie came out, Winslet said she had conquered self-doubt and sexism, especially after playing a powerful role in the movie. The actress remembered confronting the men, who would tell her “ridiculous things,” in an interview with People Magazine.

The actor disclosed, “I came up against men who would say to me, ‘Why should I like this woman?’ I mean, just ridiculous things.”

Speaking in-depth about the film, the actress revealed that the team worked on Lee for almost ten years, and during that time, she wondered to herself how the production would come together. In the present, Winslet has been promoting the film, which also features Andy Samberg.

Furthermore, the actress said she could relate to the hardships of the real-life war photographer, who was also a former Vogue cover girl. Winslet described how she nearly stepped on the gas during one of the risky situations that occurred on the sets.

Lee who was previously a model, swapped her career to “become so much in her 30s, her 40s and beyond… that energy she had and the ability she had to live life full-throttle on her terms, to never accept no for an answer and to keep her foot on the gas—I was absolutely guided by that.”

She stated with conviction, “I’ve yet to master the art of, ‘Okay, leave your work behind, and go home and take a bath and whatever.’ I never do any of that.”

The official synopsis of the film stated, “The story of photographer Elizabeth `Lee’ Miller, a fashion model who became an acclaimed war correspondent for Vogue magazine during World War II.”

The movie is set to hit theaters on September 27.