The Oscar-winning actress makes her directorial debut, Goodbye June, which premieres on Netflix on Christmas Eve and features a family saying their final farewell to their dying mother.
Dame Helen Mirren shared some advice on ageing, warning of “complications” that come with it. The Oscar winning actress is now 80, and became an octogenarian in July this year.
Back in May, as part of a campaign with Age UK, Helen spoke about getting older. The charity had started a campaign to encourage people between the ages of 50 and 65 to exercise more as there was a “major concern” about people’s physical health as they aged. Likewise encouraged younger people to make “little changes now to help them later in life”.
As an Age UK ambassaor, she continued, “Getting older will come with its complications, and getting out and about and living as independently as we’re used to doing in our younger years may not be as easy to do.”
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Helen emphasized that exercising didn’t need to be “joining a gym,” but rather “a short walk or yoga,” which she herself enjoys. She also urged people in their 50s to do so. The key here is that we should “embrace” age rather than “fear” it.
On Christmas Eve, the 80 year old’s latest film became available to watch on Netflix. Goodbye June, directed by and starring Kate Winslet, sees Helen as June, an elderly and dying woman.
The four children of June are getting ready to say goodbye to her at Christmas through the movie. Toni Collette plays her older sister Helen, while Kate plays Julia’s second daughter. Johnny Flynn and Andrea Riseborough both play the other two siblings, and Timothy Spall plays June’s husband.
Kate opened up about nepotism in the acting world and the term “nepot baby” prior to the movie’s theatrical release. She claimed in a conversation with the BBC that her children were not “getting a leg up” in their careers despite Joe Anders as the screenwriter of Goodbye June.
Because these kids aren’t getting a leg up, Winslet insisted, “I don’t like the nepo baby” term. You know, Joe would say to me, “I don’t want people to think this movie is just being made because I’m my mother,” he said. The script is excellent, and the movie could have been produced with or without me.
She continued, noting that there are many different fields where children follow their parents into careers, including those in law and medicine. Kate argued that her children’s employment opportunities do not result from her connections to the sector.
Some online users expressed mixed opinions about her statements, with some claiming that she was not “acknowledging” how having your mother as an Oscar winner would benefit the film industry. One person responded, “What a disappointing take.”
Nepotism “gives you a leg up,” it opens the door. That is not a thing that many people have. It’s just about recognizing that. And the phrase helps to identify a serious issue in the entertainment sector, where people are so extremely difficult to break in without any financial connections.
Another person commented, “This is so illogical! How many “21-year-olds” produce feature movies? Every young performer who lacks famous parents or contacts to get opportunities is delusional and insulted by a third person.
Source: Mirror
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