{"id":416201,"date":"2025-09-11T16:15:16","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T16:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/416201\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T16:15:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T16:15:16","slug":"daniel-day-lewis-quit-acting-because-he-felt-hollowed-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/416201\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Day-Lewis quit acting because he felt “hollowed out”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Daniel Day-Lewis<\/a> has explained why he retired from acting in 2017, as well as what drew him back with new film Anemone.<\/p>\n

Famous for films such as My Left Foot, Gangs Of New York, and There Will Be Blood, the actor is considered to be one of the greatest talents of his generation. However, the Oscar<\/a> winner announced after the release of Phantom Thread<\/a> in 2017 that he would be stepping away from the profession.<\/p>\n

A spokesperson for the star at the time said: \u201cDaniel Day-Lewis will no longer be working as an actor. He is immensely grateful to all of his collaborators and audiences over the many years. This is a private decision and neither he nor his representatives will make any further comment on this subject.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Eight years later, he has returned to the industry for Anemone, which he has written with his son, Ronan Day-Lewis. The actor also stars as a reclusive former soldier living in the woods, who is forced to confront the past when his brother (Sean Bean<\/a>) seeks him out.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Rolling Stone<\/a> about why he initially retired, Daniel Day-Lewis remarked: \u201cThe work was always something I loved. I never, ever stopped loving the work. But there were aspects of the way of life that went with it that I\u2019d never come to terms with \u2014 from the day I started out to today. There\u2019s something about that process that left me feeling hollowed out at the end of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

He continued: \u201cI was well acquainted with it. I understood that it was all part of the process, and that there would be a regeneration eventually. And it was only really in the last experience [making Phantom Thread] that I began to feel quite strongly that maybe there wouldn\u2019t be that regeneration anymore. That I just probably should just keep away from it, because I didn\u2019t have anything else to offer.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The pull to return came from seeing his son begin his career as a filmmaker. \u201cI had some residual sadness because I knew Ronan was going to go on to make films, and I was walking away from that.\u201d He explained. \u201cI thought, \u2018Wouldn\u2019t it be lovely if we could do something together and find a way of maybe containing it, so that it didn\u2019t necessarily have to be something that required all the paraphernalia of a big production?\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

The star also confessed a certain amount of trepidation about returning. \u201cIt was just kind of a low-level fear\u201d he said, \u201c[an] anxiety about re-engaging with the business of filmmaking,\u201d
Anemone will have its world premiere at the New York Film Festival before being released in the US on October 3, and in the UK on November 7.<\/p>\n

Recently, the debut of the film\u2019s trailer was celebrated by fans, who hailed the actor\u2019s comeback as \u201cepic.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n