Kate Winslet has revealed that her daughter Mia Threapleton gave her acting advice while they were filming family TV drama ‘I Am Ruth.’
The 47-year-old actress stars on the Channel 4 show with her real life daughter Mia, 22, and has been promoting it ahead of its release later this month.
Kate portrays worried mother Ruth as she tries to help her teenage daughter Freya (Mia) overcome a mental health crisis after facing social media pressure.
Breaking the old block: Kate Winslet has revealed her daughter Mia Threapleton gave her acting advice while they were filming family TV drama ‘I Am Ruth’
Kate said working with Mia was “extraordinary” and she was “blown away” by her performance.
She explained that her daughter Mia did not give tips, but the one who guided her during filming.
Speaking to Laura Kuenssberg on Sunday, Kate said: “It was extraordinary and she had days where she was like, ‘I can’t think of anything, I don’t know what to say, I don’t know what I’m going to do.’
Filming: The actress, 47, starred alongside her real life daughter Mia, 22, in Channel 4’s new family drama, which will air later this month
“And I would say don’t worry, I can’t think of anything, I don’t know what to say, I don’t know what I’m going to do.
“It just meant we held hands a lot more. I was just so blown away by her. She didn’t need my help at all.
“Sometimes I could show a technical trick that I learned along the way. Little things nobody teaches you and she appreciated those things but when it came to acting she would say I get it, I’m good.
Heavy: Kate portrays troubled mother Ruth as she tries to help her teenage daughter Freya (Mia) overcome a mental health crisis after being consumed by social media pressures
She continued, “Sometimes she’d say things to me like, if you come in and do that little bit, you can… and I’d be okay!
“It was brilliant and we had the added bonus of knowing how to push each other’s buttons, which I can tell you we’re pretty good at and definitely borrowed a lot from that resource when we were filming.”
It comes after Kate appeared on Lorraine on Thursday, where she said Mia didn’t need her advice and would even tell her to shut up.
Proud: Kate said working with Mia was “extraordinary” and she was “blown away” by her performance
The proud mum gushed about her daughter having a “power” she never had even as a young actress when discussing the experience of working with Mia.
She explained: “As far as performance goes, she didn’t need me at all. There were even times when she looked at me and said, ‘Shut up mum, let me do this!’
“It was truly amazing to work with her and be blown away by her courage…she is very, very powerful.
“I think this young generation of actors, I have to say, there’s a naturalism to their acting and they’re just braver,” she added.
“They have a voice, they speak for themselves and they have a power that I don’t think I ever really had.”
‘I’m very, very proud of [Mia]really very proud of her.’
The Mare of Easttown star also admitted that there was “some overlap” between her real-life role as Mia’s mother and her role as an on-screen parent in the drama.
Wow: It comes after Kate appeared on Lorraine on Thursday, where she said Mia didn’t need her advice and would even tell her to shut up.
“Of course there would be some degree of overlap. We just wanted to do something that hopefully people would resonate with,” she said.
She continued to talk about her own experiences as a parent, admitting that it can be “very hard” to step back and let kids make their own decisions.
“It’s very, very hard to just trust that nowadays they know how to take care of themselves and how to take care of them… just what to say,” she said.
“Sometimes you just have to let them be and take a step back, and as a parent that’s very difficult.”
I Am Ruth is a sequel to the Bafta-nominated, female-directed drama anthology series I Am, created by filmmaker Dominic Savage.
The fictional storyline for the two-hour program exploring the mental health crisis affecting young people in the UK was developed and co-authored by Winslet and Savage