It’s an old saying, but if the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree, Mia Threapleton and Joe Anders are probably within reach of her Oscar-winning mother.
The promising young actors star together with mother Kate Winslet in the hard-hitting anthology series I Am…, about the rise of mental health problems among teenagers.
Threapleton, 23, has since won a BAFTA for her challenging performance as Freya, a girl whose life is consumed by social media, and Winslet, 48, a mother of three, admits that working with her children feels like a natural progression.
Speaking about the latest edition of PORTER, she said, “Luckily they’re good. It felt normal. These are kids who have been testing (me) on (my) rules since they could read.
‘They saw me terrified beforehand. They went through it with me.”
Kate Winslet has spoken about her working relationship with her children in the latest edition of PORTER
Winslet, a mother of three, admits that working with her children feels like a natural progression
Winslet plays the titular Ruth, a mother struggling to understand the destructive influence of social media on her young daughter, in a drama the actress co-wrote with director Dominic Savage.
And she admits that the response to what has become a worryingly recognizable problem among teenagers has been unanimously positive.
She said: ‘The nice thing about going through something traumatic with a teenager is that it’s completely automatic for any parent to feel like it’s your fault.
“So then this strange shame comes in – and when the shame arises, you shut down and don’t discuss it or share it.
‘I wanted to tell a story that created a platform where people could just have a conversation. And that part of it was overwhelming.”
The actress has since returned to the big screen as celebrated war photographer Lee Miller in the Ellen Kuras-directed biopic Lee.
Eight years in the making, the film was a labor of love for Winslet, who also served as co-producer and even helped fund the salaries of the cast and crew during a two-week delay in financing.
“It just wasn’t possible to give up,” she remembers. “What (Miller) stands for in representing truth and justice… (someone) who was emotionally powerful and charismatic and sexy and brilliantly skilled at her job and had a way of connecting with people – that’s what I’m inspired by.”
‘Luckily they are good. It felt normal. These are kids who have been testing (me) on (my) rules since they could read.”
Mia stars as Freya alongside mother Kate in the hard-hitting anthology series I Am…, about the rise of mental health problems among teenagers
Ruth shows the pressure on the entire family and tries to explain the situation to her son, played by real-life son Joe Anders.
The Oscar-winning actress accompanied her latest interview with a stunning photoshoot
Winslet discussed her TV role in I Am… Ruth and latest cinema role as celebrated war photographer Lee Miller in the 2023 biopic Lee
The film was eight years in the making and a labor of love for Winslet, who also served as co-producer and even helped fund the cast and crew’s salaries during a funding delay.
She added, “What I took from her is the absolute freedom she has from her body and her joy in her own physical self.
“I think that’s very unusual for historical female figures that we know – and it’s very unusual for women today.”
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The actress looks chic in a tasteful black outfit as she poses for the publication in a new shoot
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