Damian Hurley’s directorial debut was impressed by his grief over the suicides of his father and shut good friend.

The 22-year-old son of actress Elizabeth Hurley and the late producer Steve Bing revealed that the thought for brand spanking new thriller ‘Strictly Confidential’ – concerning the struggles of family members to take care of the dying of a younger girl – got here to him as he dealt together with his personal grief over the suicides in 2019 and 2020.

Damian advised PEOPLE: “For me and most of my associates it was actually the primary massive private loss we’d ever identified.

“And I used to be actually moved by seeing a few of my associates who had this very unusual response that I couldn’t actually perceive on the time. They simply refused to simply accept that it occurred in any respect.

“My very own organic father took his personal life, and abruptly I understood these few folks extremely nicely.”

When requested if he felt a connection to his father whereas engaged on the movie, Damian stated: “I didn’t actually have any time to sit down and mirror and take into consideration something. I used to be chasing costume trunks.”

Following Steve’s dying in 2020, Damian wrote on Instagram: “Thanks from the underside of my coronary heart to everybody that has reached out following the devastating information. I’m attempting to answer to as a lot of you as I can, however please know I’ll at all times bear in mind your kindness. This can be a very unusual and complicated time and I’m immensely grateful to be surrounded by my phenomenal household and associates.”

Elizabeth wrote: “I’m saddened past perception that my ex Steve is now not with us. It’s a horrible finish.

“Up to now yr, we had change into shut once more. We final spoke on our son’s 18th birthday. That is devastating information and I thank everybody for his or her beautiful messages.”