Overview

• In his first extended comments, Day-Lewis told Rolling Stone he "never intended to retire" and now regrets the finality of his 2017 announcement.
• He co-wrote Anemone with Ronan Day-Lewis from an original idea they developed together.
• He considered not acting but agreed to star after Ronan said he would not make the film without him.
• Focus Features will open the film in select U.S. theaters on Oct. 3 before a nationwide expansion on Oct. 10, with a New York Film Festival premiere planned.
• The story centers on a recluse whose brother arrives unannounced, with Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley and Safia Oakley-Green among the cast.