Phantom Thread's Lesley Manville on creating a real friendship with Daniel Day-Lewis to play siblings on film

Acclaimed actor Lesley Manville stars alongside Daniel Day-Lewis in Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film Phantom Thread. The film tells the story of noted dressmaker and eternal bachelor, Reynolds Woodcock, whose carefully regulated life is disrupted when a new muse, Alma, enters his life. Manville plays Woodcock's sister and business partner, Cyril.

Manville talks about what it was like working with Day-Lewis, how they prepared to play siblings by texting each other prior to production, and what it takes to develop characters in film.

— Produced by Ben Edwards