Kate Winslet claims her nepo baby son's career as a scriptwriter has benefited from her eventful private life
Kate Winslet has revealed her nepo baby son's burgeoning screenwriting career has benefited from her eventful private life.Joe Anders, 22, is the son of Kate and film director Sam Mendes and he wrote the screenplay for his mother's latest film Goodbye June. 'Some of the most complicated relationships we have are with people we love the most... my son's script didn't shy away from that,' she told the film's distributor Netflix.'My children have different fathers... [Joe's known] eccentric, complicated characters who he has grown up around.'Kate separated from Sam in 2010 after seven years of marriage and Joe has subsequently adopted the stage name Anders. The all-star cast of Goodbye June, Kate's directorial debut, includes Andrea Riseborough, Toni Collette and Timothy Spall, who also walked the red carpet. Kate Winslethas revealed her nepo baby son's burgeoning screenwriting career has benefited from her eventful private life (pictured with her son Joe Anders) Joe Anders, 22, is the son of Kate and film director Sam Mendes and he wrote the screenplay for his mother's latest film Goodbye June (Kate and Sam pictured in 2002) The project is described as a contemporary family drama about 'fractured siblings who must come together under sudden and trying circumstances'.Kate recently spoke about what it was like working with her son with host Jimmy Kimmel on Jimmy Kimmel Live. She shared that when it came time to find a director, she couldn't let the project go, adding she wanted her son to experience his story coming to life.Kate said: 'When it came to the point of the screenplay being ready, I was going to produce it. I was going to play the character of Julia, and I knew that we were in a position to find a director. 'And I suddenly couldn't let it go. And I said to him, look, I would love to direct it because when you give it to a director, it becomes theirs, which is exactly the right thing that should happen. But I didn't want that for him.'I wanted him to remain a part of it. I wanted him to experience seeing this beautiful thing that he had created come to life. And he happens to be very, very smart about film, and having him there with me every day was just fantastic.'Kate previously told Elizabeth Day's podcast, How To Fail, that people in the industry had encouraged her to direct, saying that it could 'change the culture' of male-dominated Hollywood.'So many people will say to me on film sets, 'Why aren't you directing?' and I'll go 'no, no, no, please don't say it. Stop saying it. Why does everyone keep saying it?',' Kate said. 'Some of the most complicated relationships we have are with people we love the most... my son's script didn't shy away from that' Kate said'I know why I haven't done it: because it's a very long time, and it's a huge commitment, and I have always had a family. 'I had Mia when I was 25 years old and so there's just no way I would have ever been able to do it. 'But the more I'm not doing it now, with the need to change the culture, the more I feel like I'm actually letting down other women by not doing it. I'm really starting to feel that.'Her children have followed her into the industry. Anders starred alongside his mother in Lee, having also appeared in the Oscar-nominated war film 1917, which was directed by his father.Meanwhile, her daughter Mia Threapleton, 24 – whose father is Kate's first husband, actor Jim Threapleton – is also making a name for herself as an actress. She won acclaim for her role alongside her mother in the Bafta award-winning domestic drama I Am Ruth.Winslet also has a younger son, 11-year-old Bear, with her third husband Edward Abel Smith, the nephew of Sir Richard Branson.
