He confirmed that Tender Loving Care will be his last in response to a question about the prospect, saying: “Absolutely. Tender Loving Care is a comedy drama which features Leigh’s close colleague and long-term partner, Marion Bailey. The film will premiere in Canada at the Toronto Film Festival. “And doing a play is even more physically demanding, strangely enough, than making a film, because on a film you can be moved around.” The film was Leigh’s final time collaborating with his longtime cinematographer, Dick Pope, who died in October 2024.