Hollywood actress Kate Winslet has opened up about the challenges she faced while making her directorial debut, ‘Goodbye June.’
The film is penned by her son, Joe Anders. Initially, Winslet planned only to star in and produce the project. However, when the opportunity to direct arose, she hesitated, expressing that she “cannot do three jobs.”
“I know I’m good at multitasking, but this is too many things,” she shared with Digi Spy. Winslet mentioned that she even compiled a list of potential actors who could brilliantly take on the role she was facing.
However, she quickly realized the situation was more complex. “Well, first of all, Netflix was like, ‘Uh-uh,’ and secondly, I’d cast all these incredible actors. How could I not go and play with them? Because that’s what we do. We play, we pretend, and it’s an amazing thing,” she explained.
‘Goodbye June’ tells the story of four adult siblings and their father as they navigate family dynamics amidst their mother’s declining health. Winslet stars as Julia, one of June’s children, while Helen Mirren plays the matriarch, June.
“It might sound a bit sickly, but we had to really become a family to make it feel as real and relatable as possible. You can’t just show up and do the job and go home again; it becomes something else. We were lucky on this film that that really happened,” she added.
Alongside Winslet and Mirren, ‘Goodbye June’ features a talented cast including Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough, Timothy Spall, Stephen Merchant, Fisayo Akinade, Jeremy Swift, and Raza Jaffrey.
The film is scheduled to premiere on Netflix on December 24, 2025.