Kate Winslet says her son has benefited from having siblings from different fathers.
Winslet has made her directorial debut with See you June, written by her son Joe Anders.
The Lee star shares Joe with film director Sam Mendes.
The Oscar winner told Netflix that Joe modeled complex characters in his screenplay after those from his life.
“Some of the most complicated relationships we have are with people we love the most… My son’s script didn’t shy away from that,” she said.
‘My children have different fathers… [Joe’s known] eccentric, complicated characters he grew up with,” she noted
Kate plays Julia in Goodbye June and Andrea Riseborough, Toni Collette and Johnny Flynn play her siblings and Timothy Spall plays their father. The film follows the siblings as they come together to support their dying mother June, played by Helen Mirren.
During a performance op Jimmy Kimmel Live! the actress explained why she decided to direct her son’s screenplay, saying, “When it got to the point where the screenplay was ready, I went and produced it. I was going to play the character Julia, and I knew we would be able to find a director.”
“And I suddenly couldn’t let it go. And I told him, look, I’d like to direct it, because when you give it to a director, it becomes theirs, and that’s exactly what should happen. But I didn’t want that for him,” she added.
“I wanted him to continue to be a part of it. I wanted him to experience this beautiful thing that he had created coming to life. And he happens to be very smart about film, and it was just fantastic to have him there with me every day,” Kate Winslet added.
