After a seven-year absence from the screen, Academy Award-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of retirement to star in “Anemone,” an original film directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis. “Anemone,” co-written by Daniel Day-Lewis and Ronan Day-Lewis, will serve as the latter’s feature directorial debut. The 26-year-old painter, who Daniel Day-Lewis shares with his wife, filmmaker and novelist Rebecca Miller, also launched his first international solo exhibition, “That Summer We All Saw Them,” in Hong Kong on Oct.
2. “We could not be more excited to partner with a brilliant visual artist in Ronan Day-Lewis on his first feature film alongside Daniel Day-Lewis as his creative collaborator,” Peter Kujawski, chairman of Focus Features, said in a statement. Shortly before the film’s release, the three-time Oscar winner announced his retirement in a statement issued by his representative, Leslee Dart.
Dart did not offer any additional insights into Daniel Day-Lewis’s announcement that he was stepping away from acting. However, she said the actor was “immensely grateful to all of his collaborators and audiences over the many years.” “This is a private decision,” Dart added.
“Neither he nor his representatives will make any further comment on this subject.” “I do know that Paul and I laughed a lot before we made the movie. And then we stopped laughing because we were both overwhelmed by a sense of sadness.
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