Maggie Gyllenhaal on relating to The Lost Daughter: ‘Does that make me f***ed up?’

Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter for all the latest entertainment news and reviews Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter Sign up to our free IndyArts newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Maggie Gyllenhaal has opened up about her personal connection to Elena Ferrante’s book The Lost Daughter, which she is adapting into a film. Speaking at the film’s Venice Film Festival press conference, Gyllenhaal said that she first read Ferrante’s 2006 book years ago and connected with the main character. “Then a millisecond later I thought, ‘Oh no, I really relate to her, does that make me f***ed up?’ Then I realised that many people have this experience and nobody talks about it. For somebody who uses words to give meaning and shape to things, I struggled to articulate why the transition into motherhood – matrescence – left me utterly cold.” Gyllenhaal’s husband Sarsgaard said at the press conference: “We are both parents of two lovely children… I think it was such an enormous pleasure to see Maggie really fulfill her talent… I think that’s all I have to say or I’ll cry… For so long people have known what an excellent actress she is.