“It was important for me to capture that mystery, the frustration that comes with wanting to help someone and not knowing where it comes from.” “My intention was not to try to explain where it comes from,” he said. The numbers are so shocking,” she said.Īlthough the teenager, played by newcomer Zen McGrath, blames his parents’ divorce for his difficulties, Zeller said the real roots of mental health problems are “much more difficult to explain”. “The greatest crisis that has come through this time is the epidemic of mental health, particularly in adolescents and young adults around the world.
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There were mixed reviews, with The Guardian calling it “a powerful and literate film”, while others, such as the Hollywood Reporter, found it a “punishing slog”.īut there was all-around acclaim for the actors, with Deadline praising Jackman for “the most impressive dramatic performance of his career, one he jumps into with no movie star filter”.ĭern said the film carried a particularly vital message in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. “It was the best decision ever because from that moment it was such a joyful, truthful and intense journey that we have shared.” Greatest crisis “I felt something very strong about the reason he was connected to that story,” Zeller said. Jackman said he took the rare step of emailing Zeller to request the part personally, and the director said he agreed after just eight minutes on a Zoom call together. I share my vulnerabilities more with my 17- and 22-year-old kids, and I see the relief when I do.”įollowing a successful theater career, Zeller’s first film, The Father, won Oscars for him and its star Anthony Hopkins, who also makes a small but crucial appearance in The Son.
“But, since this movie, I’ve changed my approach. “For many years as a parent, the job was to appear strong and dependable,” he said. What he didn’t expect is how the film’s devastating look at mental health would change his own relationship with his children. “It was a compulsion, scary, beautiful feeling to have, that you rarely get as an actor, that you feel the part is right for you at this point in your life, and you just must play it,” he told reporters in Venice, where the film is competing for the top Golden Lion award. Jackman plays alongside Laura Dern as divorced parents trying to cope with a son who is falling ever-deeper into depression.
The Australian star says he had a need “like a fire in my gut” to play the part after reading the theater version by writer-director Florian Zeller.
The Wolverine actor Hugh Jackman says playing the role of a father to a depressed teenager in The Son, which premiered in Venice on Wednesday, made him rethink his entire approach to parenting.
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