Overview

• At a packed Screen Talk at BFI Southbank, Day-Lewis dismissed recent critiques of Method acting as misconceptions from people who do not understand the practice and rejected portrayals of it as a 'cult.'
• Reflecting on My Left Foot, he said he was 'clueless' on that set and noted he would not take that role today given changing attitudes to disability representation.
• Day-Lewis returned from an eight-year break to star in Anemone, directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis, with the pair co-writing the script and support from Plan B; the cast includes Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley and Safia Oakley-Green.
• The film premiered at the New York Film Festival and is screening at London, with Focus Features handling release in the early theatrical window.
• Early notices remain divided, with the New York Post citing a 55% Rotten Tomatoes score and reviewers highlighting the film’s visual craft alongside reservations about its narrative drive.