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"I always have to check myself before I go anywhere now. There's always a bit carrot or rusk or something on me."

She blames the Scottish weather for her bad hair night at big bash

KATE WINSLET looked windswept and interesting in a low-cut black dress as she arrived in the nick of time for the Edinburgh premiere of her new film.

She flew in to meet Enigma co-stars Dougray Scott and Saffron Burrows with just 30 minutes to spare last night.

The star of Oscar-winning movie Titanic said she felt a mess, thanks to the Scottish weather.

"It's been a bit of a rush, she said. "I only threw my make-up on about an hour ago and my hair has been messed up by the drizzle."

But before arriving at the Film Festival, Kate - now mum of baby Mia - had to go through a strange routine.

"I always have to check myself before I go anywhere now. There's always a bit carrot or rusk or something on me."

Dougray Scott, from Fife, was delighted to be at the premiere, but admitted he'd rather be watching Hibs playing Rangers.

He said: "It's great being here but I'd rather be at Ibrox. I'll nip out to the pub later."

True to word, he managed to catch the end of his team's 2-2 draw.

He went on: "I am incredibly proud of the fact that I'm Scottish and that this sort of success is not unobtainable for people like me.

"I hope wee boys and girls with the same background as mine can take inspiration.

"If I can do it, they can do it."

Co-star Saffron Burrows was full of praise for her leading man. The beautiful actress, who towered above the rest of the guests, said: "I think Dougray's done a brilliant job. He's really pulled it off."

Set in 1943, Enigma is adapted from the best-selling novel by Robert Harris, about Britain's efforts to break Nazi codes.

Guests at the bash included Robin Cook and his wife Gaynor and Edinburgh Lord Provost Eric Milligan and Menzies Campbell.

But there was one really big enigma - the whereabouts of the film's producer, Rolling Stone Mick Jagger.

He was due at the gala screening but, pulled out at the last minute.

Kate said Mick was a fantastic inspiration when the film was made. She said: "He was on set a lot of the time and he was absolutely brilliant.

"It's quite easy for people to say he was just a name attached to the project, but he was the driving force behind it and he was there all the time being the producer and wearing his wellington boots."

Kate, who was pregnant during filming, admitted her condition complicated things on set.

She said "I just kept getting bigger and bigger I became an expert in corsets. I was very tired all the time - but I made up for it when I had Mia."

The director, Michael Apted was also full of praise for Jagger but admitted he didn't know where he was, either.

He said "Mick bought the book so he was involved in the project from the very beginning. It's been a very long haul for all of us but even more so for him."

Apted said he was delighted to have brought the story to the big screen and was glad the leading actors involved were all British.

He said: "British films do very well in America and American audiences really like British actors.

"If the film had been made in America, it would have been a lot more expensive and glossy, but it would not have had the ring of truth. We would also have had to put up with some strange acting."

Source: Daily Record