After seven years, Daniel Day-Lewis is confirmed to have ended his retirement. Yay! More on the news below.
Earlier this year, we ran a story about Daniel Day-Lewis NOT ending his retirement. The actor’s friend and collaborator Jim Sheridan had been chatting to ScreenDaily about trying to lure Day-Lewis out of retirement, but the actor was adamant he wasn’t going to be making a comeback.
Well, that seems to have changed now. There were rumours yesterday that Day-Lewis has returned to acting after he was spotted on the set of Anemone, a film directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis. The news has now been confirmed by Focus Features in a statement (via Variety) that also confirms that the two generations of Day-Lewis men have collaborated on the script.
“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, Focus Features chairman, said in a statement. “They have written a truly exceptional script, and we look forward to bringing their shared vision to audiences alongside the team at Plan B.”
Day-Lewis hasn’t appeared in a film since 2017’s Phantom Thread and is the only actor to have won three acting Oscars. He is widely considered one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema and it’s quite difficult to disagree with that. Day-Lewis’ performances in films like There Will Be Blood, My Beautiful Laundrette and My Left Foot are astonishing. Personally, I’m also a sucker for The Butcher in Martin Scorsese’s Gangs Of New York.
Anemone is set to also star Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley and Safia Oakley-Green. The film is said to explore “familial bonds” with a special focus on fathers, sons and brothers.
We’ll bring you more on Anemone and Day-Lewis’ future plans as we hear it.
