Originally published on metropolis.co.jp on September 2013

Following the explosive global success of Titanic, Kate Winslet decided to work in smaller independent films while starting a family and later turned down coveted roles in Shakespeare in Love and Match Point in order to spend time with her kids. Now the mother of three says her parenting experience is helping with her acting career. In Jason Reitman’s new film Labor Day, Winslet plays an agoraphobic single mother who realizes the mysterious stranger (Josh Brolin) who shows up at her door just might be the escaped convict the police have been looking for. “I have admiration for mothers everywhere, whether they’re single or not,” the actress said before the film’s premier at the Toronto International Film Festival. “It turns you inside out.” The star also mentioned that 13-year-old Gatlinn Griffith, who plays her son in the film, is a few years older than her own little ones, giving her glimpse of what she has in store. Winslet will soon have more opportunities to practice her parenting, as she is currently expecting child number four with husband Ned Rocknroll (yup, that’s his name).

Labor Day will be released in Japan for Golden Week 2014.