US EditionDaniel Day-Lewis, Pulled Out of Retirement by His Son, Finds His Acting Fire Still Burns
Daniel Day-Lewis returns to acting after nearly a decade, co-writing and starring in a psychological drama about estranged brothers during The Troubles, directed by his son.
- Last week, Daniel Day‑Lewis returned to acting by co‑writing and starring in Anemone, directed by his son Ronan Day‑Lewis, which premiered at the New York Film Festival and opens Oct. 3.
- After an eight‑year break since 2017, Day‑Lewis reconsidered acting as earlier this month he said working with his son Ronan Day‑Lewis inspired his return.
- Immersing himself in music, Day‑Lewis compiled a shoegaze playlist of almost 400 songs while Anemone gave him his first screenwriting credit at age 68.
- Ronan Day‑Lewis has had a whirlwind year including a solo West Hollywood exhibition at Megan Mulrooney, raising his profile ahead of his directorial debut shaped by envisioning the Lincoln star.
- At the festival Day‑Lewis accepted attention and called his retirement a mistake, saying he was once 'brought low' after Phantom Thread.
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Movie Review: Bleak family drama 'Anemone' brings the great Daniel Day-Lewis back in from the cold
Eight years ago, the great Daniel Day-Lewis said he was finished with acting. Luckily for us all, he seems to have been exaggerating. It took son Ronan Day-Lewis to bring his father in from the cold with “Anemone,” directed by…
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Daniel Day-Lewis, pulled out of retirement by his son, finds his acting fire still burns
Eight years since Daniel Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting, he returns in "Anemone." His son, Ronan Day-Lewis, directs the film which they wrote together.
How Steven Spielberg helped in Daniel Day-Lewis’s return
You’d think just having his father in his debut would be sufficient, but Ronan Day-Lewis had access to another legend: Steven Spielberg, who directed Daniel Day-Lewis to his third Oscar with Lincoln. Ronan Day-Lewis — who is making his directorial debut with Anemone — told Entertainment Weekly that Spielberg was generous enough to lend support and check in on the technical aspects of the film. “This is pretty crazy, but I got to talk a bit with …
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