Who is Ronan Day-Lewis? Daniel Day-Lewis reveals how son made him return to Hollywood following retirement

As per a recent article by Entertainment News, renowned actor Daniel Day-Lewis revealed how his son Ronan Day-Lewis convinced him to return to Hollywood.

The Academy Award-winning actor announced his retirement from acting in 2017 but is ready to make a comeback with his new project titled Anemone, a psychological drama co-written with his son.

Ronan Day-Lewis is the second child of Daniel Day-Lewis, whom he shares with Rebecca Miller. He is also an artist who got into painting while completing his studies at Yale University.

“We began with a seed of an idea and that was to work together on something. Initially, we discovered a shared interest in exploring the idea of brotherhood, and so we began with two brothers in a shed. That was all we had.” At the film's New York Film Festival debut in New York City on September 28, Daniel-Day Lewis told the publication.

Ronan, who will be directing a movie for the first time, claims that picturing his father in the lead role helped him write the script and also encouraged the Lincoln star to take a more active role in front of the camera.

“As the characters started to develop on their own accord and also in relation and in contrast to each other, I think is when Ray started to become more appealing to [him]. It was amazing to watch the character grow with him as an actor, as well as a co-writer. It was a really unique process.” Ronan Day-Lewis explained.

Ronan Day-Lewis was excited about spending more time with his father, as he mentioned in an interview with Rolling Stone magazine.

About Ronan Day-Lewis

Ronan Day-Lewis is the second child of the legendary actor Daniel Day-Lewis. Daniel shares Ronan with Rebecca Miller. Ronan is the first child of Rebecca and Daniel.

Ronan Day-Lewis gets his creativity from a long line of artists. His maternal grandpa is writer Arthur Miller, and his mother is Rebecca Miller, an actor and director. Arthur Miller is well-known for his marriage to Marilyn Monroe and for his great American plays from the mid-century, such as The Crucible and Death of a Salesman.

Before deciding to break into the world of movies, Ronan Day-Lewis was a painter. He uses oil pastel on canvas to create his artworks. He calls his painting 'Punk Romanticism'. He also experimented with sculpture, making a melted wax figure inspired by the "strange, animal-like … entity" that he refers to as "the creature" and that shows up in all of his creations.

Ronan Day-Lewis also posts photographs with his girlfriend on social media, Lena Christakis, who is also a painter. Daniel Day-Lewis was also spotted at Christakis's graduation.

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Ronan Day-Lewis shared a series of pictures of himself and fellow painter Lena Christakis on Instagram in December 2020, with the remark, "Two years with the love of my life." In the photos, which show them wearing matching attire, embracing, and posing together, the couple looked quite happy.

Christakis and Day-Lewis have also collaborated on creative projects. Christakis starred in three music videos that Day-Lewis directed for the French keyboard duo Katia & Marielle Labèque's Les Enfants Terribles and three more for David Chalmin's songs Innocence, The Storm, and St-Nazaire. Additionally, she appears in We're Not Little Children and We Know What We Want, one of his pieces from the previous year.

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