The actress, who is starring in 'A Bit of Light' directed by her husband Stephen Moyer, has been struggling with an undisclosed illness that causes mobility issues"It hasn't been easy," the New Zealand-raised star tells PEOPLE of needing a cane to walk and experiencing some difficulties with her speech. "My first love was independent filmmaking," says Paquin, who won an Oscar at age 11 for her role in"That's how I entered the film industry.
"He's my favorite person to play with," she says of Moyer, adding that she wouldn't be working with him if she didn't think he was an excellent director.stars Paquin as an alcoholic mother who loses custody of her children and has to pick up the pieces of her broken life while reconciling with her past.
She says she didn't relate to her character Ella's story as an alcoholic, but as a mom she understood that parenthood can be complex, and that women can often be forgotten as fully formed people once they become mothers."Not everyone ends up having the journey with motherhood that they have hoped or had planned," Paquin says. "We're all flawed and imperfect, and Ella is kind of on some level repeating some sort of familial patterns as far as stuffing feelings down.
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