<prompt> Ngo-Ephreli 1998 Miramax Amafilimu wathola amalungelo inoveli The Reader, futhi izithombe eyinhloko yaqala ngo-September 2007 ngokushesha ngemva kokuba uStephen Daldry wasayinwa ukuqondisa ukuguqulwa ifilimu kanye Fiennes wathunyelwa indima abaholayo. Winslet ekuqaleni cast njengoba uHanna, kodwa izinkinga ukuhlela nge Revolutionary Road kwamholela ukuba ashiye ifilimu futhi Nicole Kidman wathunyelwa esikhundleni sakhe. Ngo-January 2008, Kidman washiya iphrojekthi, ecaphuna ukukhulelwa kwakhe kwakamuva njengoba isizathu esiyinhloko. Wayengakaze wathwebula noma iyiphi izigcawu okwamanje, ngakho studio wakwazi recast Winslet ngaphandle kokuthinta ukukhiqizwa.  <response>: URoger Deakins 