Anna Paquin had to use a cane on the red carpet due to her ongoing mysterious health condition.
Paquin was celebrating the premiere of her film A Bit of Light, in New York City on Wednesday, April 3. Joined by her husband and the producer of the film, Stephen Moyer, Paquin relied on a cane for mobility assistance.
At the premiere, Paquin shared details about her mysterious health condition with People, revealing that her journey “hasn’t been easy.” In fact, she’s been experiencing both speech and mobility issues.
However, she seemed to embody positivity, wearing a bright smile and gushing about her husband.
“He’s my favorite person to play with,” Paquin said about Moyer. She added that he was extremely talented, which is why she agreed to work with him. “I’m not sentimental when it comes to work.”
Anna Paquin ‘Moved’ by Fans’ Concern Amid Her Mysterious Health Condition
After her appearance on the red carpet, many fans expressed their concern over Paquin’s health. Paquin and her husband both spoke during a recent edition of “Spilling the E-Tea.”
“I am extraordinarily touched and moved by people showing that they care and being interested and kind about it,” Paquin said. “At some point, I will probably elaborate on my own platform in my own words. I’m just really grateful for the support.”
For now, Paquin is focusing on her latest film, A Bit of Light. In the film, Paquin plays Ella, an alcoholic mother who moves back in with her father to attempt to get sober after temporarily losing custody of her two young daughters.
“Not everyone ends up having the journey with motherhood that they have hoped or had planned,” she told People. “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 … It’s very relatable because there’s so many ways that people can get in their own way, or sort of learn to cope with trauma.”
Moyer noted that Paquin was the perfect person for this role.
“When I read this thing, you were the first person that I immediately thought of, because there are very few people that I’ve ever had in my orbit who I knew would go down the rabbit hole of complexity that the character of Ella needed to inhabit,” he told her. “She’s quite a broken character and she’s quite a broken soul.”