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"Goodbye June" director Kate Winslet shares the advice she gave her children Mia and Joe, who have followed in her footsteps as actors.
Kate Winslet's directorial debut, Goodbye June, made its way to Netflix recently after being released in select theaters.
Kate Winslet new film in her directorial debut and features a screenplay written by her son Joe Anders. It stars a top cast including Winslet herself.
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Kate Winslet revelation: Why star 'desperately tried' to recast herself in Netflix's Goodbye June
Kate Winslet could have handed her starring role to someone else in her directorial debut, but the pull of an extraordinary cast proved irresistible. The Oscar winner reveals she 'desperately tried' to step aside from acting duties in Netflix's heartfelt family drama Goodbye June,
A bruisingly intimate holiday drama, Goodbye June skips comfort for honesty — and lands something quietly devastating.
Goodbye June is Kate Winslet’s directorial debut, and comes from a script written by her son Joe Anders (whose father is director Sam Mendes). He wrote it at the age of 19, and was inspired by saying goodbye to his grandmother, and Winslet’s own mother. (Yes, Winslet recently weighed in on the nepo baby debate. )
Kate Winslet has described how she “desperately tried to recast” herself after learning she could also direct Goodbye June, in addition to producing and starring in it. Written by Winslet’s 21-year-old son Joe Anders, Goodbye June is about four adult children who reunite in response to the failing health of their mother during Christmastime.
EXCLUSIVE: Fisayo Akinade and Kate Winslet hit it off the moment they met. After a coffee and a chat, she there and then offered him a role in Goodbye June, her directing debut that streams on Netflix from today following a limited theatrical run.