Kate Winslet put her everything into making her new film Lee, including her own pocketbook.

In a story for Vogue published last week, the Academy Award winner shared how far she went to make the biopic happen, including by personally covering two weeks of crew wages to keep the film moving during a precarious time in preproduction.

Winslets co-producer Kate Solomon told Vogue the star was indefatigable while making Lee, which is based on a 1985 biography of World War II photographer Lee Miller.

In addition to temporarily financing the film, the Titanic actor had to juggle location scouting, investor calls and long days on set.

But Winslet rose to the challenge.

Kate held the film in her, Solomon told Vogue. If you spoke to her about any aspect of it, she knew what her opinion was. And when you have that, you can galvanize everyone behind that person. It looks effortless, but having lived with her, you can say: My God, it is a lot of work to get to that point.