'Blood', which is directed by Bradley Rust Gray, narrates about a young woman named Chloe (Carla Juri) who travels to Japan in the wake of her husband's passing.
- Jan 30, 2022
AceShowbiz - Michelle Williams was not ready to re-open her old wounds. The actress, who inspired a movie called "Blood" with her grieving and healing experiences after ex Heath Ledger's death, decided to withdraw from the film because it's too painful for her.
Directed by Bradley Rust Gray, the movie narrates about a young woman named Chloe (Carla Juri) who travels to Japan in the wake of her husband's passing. In the country, she meets her old friend (Takashi Ueno). However, she finds it difficult to let herself fall in love again amid her grief.
"Blood" itself received the 2022 Special Jury Award winner for Uncompromising Artistic Vision. Speaking about the project, Bradley shared in a statement, "We both shared this weight, of death, and the feeling that you always carry that weight when somebody close to you dies."
"When we were getting ready to shoot the film, she realized it was all a little too close for her still, and she politely bowed out," the director added. He then explained, "I don't think the title of the film, Blood, is about the definition of that word... I think of it like a song title."
"Sometimes a song title doesn't necessarily describe the lyrics of the song or anything else, but it sort of puts the song in a certain space. In Japan, blood and blood types are a way of looking at things, like how you might find a match based on your horoscope," he elaborated. "What type of blood you have matches you with another person who is of that type of blood. It's just something that we don't see. I think the word 'blood' has different meanings, and I like the fact that it doesn't have a single definition."
Michelle and Heath began dating in 2004 after playing husband and wife in "Brokeback Mountain". They later welcomed daughter Matilda, now 16, in the following year. The pair called it quits in 2007, just months before the actor died of an accidental overdose in January 2008. The actress is now married to Thomas Kail, with whom she shares one child.
