In June 2020, after years of speculation, it was confirmed that Kate Winslet would take on the role of Lee Miller, British’s World War II correspondent under the magazine’s formidable editor-in-chief Audrey Withers, in a film directed by Oscar-nominated auteur Ellen Kuras. Now,
reports that Winslet will be joined by a string of stars, both established and emerging: Marion Cotillard, Jude Law, Josh O’Connor and Andrea Riseborough.The Lives of Lee Miller by Antony Penrose—Miller’s son with her second husband, Roland Penrose, a historian and champion of the Surrealist movement.writer Liz Hannah is penning the script in collaboration with The Lee Miller Archives. Alongside Winslet as Miller, Jude Law will reportedly play Roland Penrose and Josh O’Connor will take on the part of Antony Penrose.
. “What we wanted to do was find the most interesting decade in her life. It was the period from 1938 to 1948 that took her right through the war. I’m surprised that a film has never been made about this incredible woman. She has been misunderstood and so often viewed through the lens of a man. What she did, as a female photographer on the front lines during World War II, [was educate] people on what actually happened during the war.