United Kingdom, Sept. 30 -- Daniel Day-Lewis was too "inside" the work on his latest film to get distracted by the fact it was being directed by his son.

The Oscar-winner, 68, has returned to acting for the first time in eight years in a film directed by his son Ronan Day-Lewis, 27, titled Anemone, which premiered at the New York Film Festival on Sunday (28.09.25) at Alice Tully Hall.

But Daniel, who had announced his retirement in 2017 after his final role in Phantom Thread, said the family connection was not something he dwelled on while making the project.

When asked if it felt unusual to have his son in charge, Daniel told People: "Well if I stepped outside of it to look in that way, yeah, I definitely would've probably been stoppe...