Kate Winslet Stars Alongside Her Real-Life Daughter in ‘I Am Ruth’: 5 Things to Know About Mia Threapleton
usmagazine.comLike mother, like daughter! Kate Winslet and her daughter, Mia Threapleton, will appear on screen together in the upcoming Channel 4 anthology series I Am Ruth.In the feature-length episode — the series’ season 3 debut — Winslet, 47, plays Ruth, a mother who is concerned about her daughter Freya’s excessive social media use. “You can do whatever you want, sweetheart.
You are not judged, you are not criticized,” the Titanic star tells Freya — played by her real-life daughter, 22 — in a trailer for I Am Ruth. “Well I am though, am I not?” Threapleton’s character replies.Later in the teaser, Freya grows upset after her phone gets taken away. “It’s what’s making you ill, sweetheart,” her mother tells her gently.Winslet worked with the I Am… anthology series creator, Dominic Savage, to develop the feature-length drama.
The Mare of Eastttown alum has been outspoken about her distaste for social media in the past.Speaking with the Sunday Times in November 2015, the England native said of photo-sharing platforms: “It has a huge impact on young women’s self-esteem, because all they ever do is design themselves for people to like them.
And what comes along with that? Eating disorders. And that makes my blood boil and is the reason we don’t have any social media in our house.”The Steve Jobs actress continued: “Let your kids climb trees.
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