Daniel Day-Lewis’ son Ronan Day-Lewis addressed his father only by the name of his character while filming their new drama Anemone.

In keeping with the Oscar-winning actor’s notorious dedication to method acting, the 68-year-old star, long known for immersing himself completely in his roles, insisted on being called Ray throughout the shoot.

Ronan told Variety: “It was intuitive that everyone called him Ray on set, and I did too. But obviously I was also seeing him all the time offset, and that would have been a bit weird if I was calling him Ray then. It was Dad offset, always Dad.”

In the film, the character of Ray is a hermit haunted by a dark secret, at the centre of the father-and-son collaboration that marks 28-year-old Ronan’s debut feature as a director.

The film, which also st

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