Daniel Day-Lewis has come out of retirement to appear in his 26-year-old son Ronan's directoral debut Anemone (pictured)He went on: 'Do I feel better? However, despite saying he was leaving his career behind, the notoriously private star appears to have made an exception for his 26-year-old director son Ronan's directorial debut. Later on at the panel discussion, Daniel looked in good spirits while discussing Ronan's hotly-anticipated feature, taking to stage with him and fellow actor Sean, 66. In a new interview Daniel reflected on feeling 'residual sadness' as his son Ronan went on to make films while he 'walked away from it.' In 2017, Daniel famously delivered an Oscar-nominated performance in Paul Thomas Anderson's film Phantom Thread before withdrawing from acting completely.