From KCRW, I'm Kim Masters, and this is The Business.

Kate Winslet really earned her producer credit on her film Lee,

the true story of pioneering photojournalist Lee Miller.

It took Winslet nine years, during which she faced many challenges,

from scraping the financing together to having an industry pooh-bah tell her he'd make

sure her little lee project got made if she starred in his movie. I mean, it's just so ridiculous.

You almost have to kind of laugh it off. But, you know, the fact that that person would think

that they had that level of power and immediate access to funds was so terrible.

But yet to wave it in my face, almost smear it in my face, like some sort of strange bribe.

Weird, just weird.

The Oscar-winning actress discusses her determination to tell the story of Lee Miller,

who captured images of the London Blitz,

the liberation of Paris, and the horrors of Buchanwald and Dachau. And she shares how Miller's

son, Anthony Penrose, felt she was the ideal person to portray his mother and opened the family

archive to her. Plus, Winslet shares how she persuaded comedian Andy Samburg to take on his

first dramatic role. But first we banter. Stick around. It's the business from KCRW.

I am joined by my colleague in banter, Matt Villene. Hello, Matt. Hi there. So Sony Pictures

Entertainment, chairman and CEO, Tony Vincuera, is leaving his

CEO role, starting in January. You sort of see him around, but he's not like a big personality

guy, but he has been at the helm of Sony during a successful period following some very chaotic

periods at the studio.

And he is actually seeming to pull off that elusive goal of a smooth transition.

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