Daniel Day-Lewis Daniel Day-Lewis takes method acting seriously. When he portrayed wheelchair-bound Christy Brown in My Left Foot, he damaged his ribs and was spoon-fed by crew members. When he played Gerry Conlon in In The Name of the Father, he suffered intense interrogation from real policemen and lost 14 kilograms (30 lb) living on prison rations. The man’s commitment is well known, but on the set of Gangs of New York, he took things a bit too far.Cameron Diaz, Leonardo DiCaprio, and everybody else on set wrapped themselves in thick coats between scenes. Daniel Day-Lewis refused to. He said that the type of coat provided hadn’t existed in the 1800s, when the film was set. So, after a long time treading cold weather in a skimpy coat of 19th-century design, Day-Lewis contracted pneumonia and was soon treading on the cusp of death. After a slow recovery, Day-Lewis was able to continue fighting random strangers in the beautiful city of Rome where filming was taking place. He was nominated, once again, for an Oscar for his turn as Bill “The Butcher” Cutting.
Posted on: Thu, 09 Oct 2014 02:14:55 +0000
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