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"I did look quite podgy which kind of worked with a boffin," Winslet said.

By Ed Cropley

EDINBURGH (Reuters) - ``Titanic'' actress Kate Winslet has revealed how she had to squeeze into figure-hugging corsets to stop herself looking overweight and pregnant on the set of her latest movie ``Enigma.''

``I just got so fat, so we used to strap everything in to make it not show. I was about six months pregnant by the end,'' she told reporters at the Enigma premier at the Edinburgh film Festival on Saturday.

But the 25-year-old British actress, who braved the wintry Scottish weather in a slinky black dress and light blue denim jacket, said the look went well with her character, Hester, a dowdy code-breaker in the World War Two spy thriller.

``I did look quite podgy which kind of worked with a boffin,'' Winslet said.

Enigma, adapted from British author Robert Harris's best-selling novel, tells the tale of Bletchley Park, Britain's top-secret code-breaking unit set up to smash the famous Enigma cypher used by the German U-boats.

In an all-British line-up, Winslet stars opposite up-and-coming Scottish actor Dougray Scott who plays genius mathematician and ace codebreaker Tom.

And British actress Saffron Burrows plays Claire, his bewitching ex-lover and colleague whose sudden disappearance sparks the hunt for the mole who could expose the best kept Allied secret of the war to the Germans.

Hundreds of fans turned up in the pouring rain to catch a glimpse of the stars, even though soccer-mad Scott confessed he would rather be watching his beloved Hibernian playing football in Glasgow than appearing at the premier.

There was also disappointment for those who wanted to see Rolling Stone Mick Jagger, who made his production debut with Enigma.

The rubber-lipped rocker failed to make it on the night, but Winslet said Jagger, famous also for his passion for spy stories, had made the transition from the stage to screen with ease.

``He was there with like everyone else with his wellington boots on, and really getting into it. He was great,'' Winslet said

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