Daniel Day-Lewis comes out of retirement for son’s directorial debut, ‘Anemone’

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is coming out of retirement to do a solid for his son, who is directing a film. The only man to win the best actor Oscar three times is returning after seven years away from Hollywood to act in his son Ronan’s directorial debut, “Anemone.” The film, which the Day-Lewis duo co-wrote, is pegged as “an exploration of the intricate relationships between fathers, sons and brothers” and the “dynamics of familial bonds,” Variety reported. “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, chair of Focus Features, told the Associated Press. When Daniel Day-Lewis announced his retirement from acting in 2017, shortly before he received yet another best actor nomination for 2018’s “Phantom Thread,” he didn’t offer an explanation for the move. I’ve been interested in acting since I was 12 years old, and back then, everything other than the theater— that box of light — was cast in shadow.” At January’s National Board of Review Awards, Day-Lewis reunited with his “Gangs of New York” director Martin Scorsese — who hinted at the actor’s potential return to the industry.