Sunday, October 6, 2024

Daniel Day Lewis is Back! Coming Out of 2017 Retirement For Film Directed by Son, Ronan

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Daniel Day Lewis is back!

Remember when he retired in 2017 and went off to be a farmer? He was dressing in overalls for effect.

Well. he’s un-retiring to be in a film directed by his son, Ronan, 26, whose mother is writer-director Rebecca Miller.

“Anemone,” Focus Features says, “explores the intricate relationships between fathers, sons and brothers, and the dynamics of familial bonds.”

DDL has three Oscars, and is probably the finest actor of his generation. His retirement was confounding, but much of his career decisions have been. He once took a year off to cobble shoes in Florence, Italy.

Good, bad, nepo baby, who cares? Great to have DDL back. He won’t do interviews. But if someone asked him where he’s been he’d say, “Did I miss anything?” He wasn’t going to do a romcom or join the MCU. So the answer is “no.

Roger Friedman
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Roger Friedman began his Showbiz411 column in April 2009 after 10 years with Fox News, where he created the Fox411 column. His movie reviews are carried by Rotten Tomatoes, and he is a member of both the movie and TV branches of the Critics Choice Awards. His articles have appeared in dozens of publications over the years including New York Magazine, where he wrote the Intelligencer column in the mid 90s and covered the OJ Simpson trial, and Fox News (when it wasn't so crazy) where he covered Michael Jackson. He is also the writer and co-producer of "Only the Strong Survive," a selection of the Cannes, Sundance, and Telluride Film festivals, directed by DA Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus.

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