what in heaven's name are you talking
about
daniel day lewis is considered one of
the greatest actors in the world but in
hollywood he's one of the strangest
although he's notably successful and
famous no one hates the limelight more
than him aside from the unbelievable
stories many tell of the actor's wild
acting methods nobody knows what life
this actor leads who knew the iconic
marilyn monroe was almost his
mother-in-law his extreme take on acting
has landed the actor a breaking three
oscar awards for best male actor but
that is not the only way the actor's
skills have affected his life after
falling into a deep depression the
critically acclaimed actor decided he
was done with the emotional business of
storytelling daniel day lewis may be one
of the most notable talents ever to
exist but very little is known about
this strange actor and it's not by
mistake
day lewis makes it a point to keep his
private life out of the public's eye
often compared to marlon brando day
lewis is part of the reclusive actors
club though his success is well known
his life is full of mystery the only
people who truly know the actor are his
loving wife and children with his family
by his side the actor is never truly
alone how can you be a recluse in a
house full of children even if you had
the inclination to be which i don't
maybe because for the past decades the
extremely odd star has had himself
tucked away in the mountains of a small
irish village the actor has been
peacefully living on a 50-acre farm with
his family though his actual home is
nowhere near that large the actor bought
the other 45 acres of surrounding land
to have some privacy and if that didn't
send a clear message to his neighbors
steering clear of them any chance he
gets may have
day lewis is comfortable in his
hermit-like lifestyle and he won't
adjust that for anyone not even for
another well-off resident u2 singer bono
it's entirely up to you whether you
choose to share it or not if you don't
wish to share that life as apparently
it's so disagreeable to you in every
respect why don't you just off to
back where you came from
the truth is i don't notice the pressure
of celebrity around here because i'm
allowed to live i notice it elsewhere
when the actor can't find isolation
outside of his home away in the
mountains he creates the environment
himself
on one of his lesser known films the
ballad of jack and rose day lewis built
himself a shack from scratch that he
lived in for most of the filming while
his family was cozied up in a luxurious
hotel close by the eccentric actor
wanted to quote retain a sense of
isolation that he says the movie set did
not have but the actor could not stay
there forever when the work is done it's
to this place that i returned to as a
refuge he spoke of his 50-acre hideout
spot the critically acclaimed actor only
emerges from his safe haven for film
roles that he deems worthy in the past
20 years the actor has only returned to
shoot a handful of films
one of which landed him his second oscar
many would recall his performance and
there will be blood as a masterpiece but
one co-star does not
kell o'neal the actor who was initially
cast to play the role of eli was rumored
to have quit the film because the
leading man was quote crazy and
intimidating lord sometimes challenges
us doesn't he oh yes he does
daniel yes
yes
the real eli also shared his experience
with the actor in the iconic end scene
of the movie which sees day lewis
character throwing bowling balls at him
they start flying and i realize he's
getting into it then a ball bounces up
and hits me in the leg and i'm thinking
okay those are heavy this is getting
serious i'd better duck
the crew was also left stunned as the
committed actor was never meant to take
things that far
many stars have also left the set
unhappy after working with day lewis
including a gangs of new york co-star
who was infuriated that daniel kept on
calling him by his character's name even
when they bumped into one another at the
gym
however with this bad cloud over the
actor's head o'neil came forward denying
that day lewis was why he left the film
days before production began he claimed
that the rumors were an attempt to add
to the majesty of daniel day lewis i
would be cautious now especially when
he's not going to do this anymore about
making him so mythical that there's no
acknowledgment of the human being there
by not doing this anymore o'neil is
referring to the acting business
day lewis has threatened to leave the
world of acting many times he stuck to
his word and never set foot on a stage
again after running off the stage
claiming that he saw his father's ghost
i had the strangest sensation i was
talking to my father he shared what he
said to me on that night seemed
particularly hard to bear and he hasn't
looked back on the theater world since
however when it comes to the film world
he's tried to quit several times but
would instead take a long hiatus still
every time a notable role came knocking
on the actor's door he would sacrifice
his time alone for months on set
this explains why very few fans took the
actor seriously when he announced that
he was officially retiring from acting
this time it was less of a decision and
more of an epiphany
while on the set of his latest and as it
seems last film phantom thread the actor
was left with no choice but to put away
his acting gloves and tend to his mental
health before making the film i didn't
know i was going to stop acting he
shared i do know that paul and i laughed
a lot before we made the movie and then
we stopped laughing because we were both
overwhelmed by a sense of sadness was
hard to live with still is
though the actor has finally given in
the towel on acting he never said he was
done with the film industry the selected
few who get to be invited over into his
little sanctuary in the mountains were
stunned to see the actor's obsessive
love for shoemaking and woodwork years
back during his time away from acting
day lewis made a rare appearance in
filmmaking but not on the big screen
you know how i stayed alive this long
all these years
fear
the spectacle of fearsome acts
the actor joined the carpentry crew and
helped build the set of the private
lives of pippa lee directed by his wife
rebecca miller daughter a famous
playwright and ex-husband of the ever so
loved marilyn monroe
day lewis is so fascinated by building
things that at nine years old his son
had no idea his dad was a big time movie
star he thought day lewis was a
construction worker
what may have added to this idea is
probably that the actor insists on
living as his film character for two
years before taking on another film
to prepare for his role in the last of
the mohicans the actor spent days alone
in the woods learning how to live off
the land he taught himself how to hunt
track and skin animals amongst other
skills and would apparently refuse to
eat anything he had not killed himself
this is also where his carpentry skills
may have been birthed the actor built
canoes with his bare hands and reckons
he would be a good canoe salesman when
he retires and everyone has his own
approach and his approach is to prepare
very well and you know to be really
serious about what he does does that
mean we should be expecting a daniel
day-lewis canoe store to pop up any time
now and if you thought that was the
wildest thing he has done for a role
check out these moments when the star
took acting to another level
two nights in jail in preparation for an
intense interrogation scene as a wrongly
convicted felon for in the name of the
father dave lewis spent two days and
nights in jail depriving himself of food
and water the self-endured torture did
not earn the actor an academy award it
only scared his co-stars and the rest of
the crew but this is nothing new for the
actor
didn't
wash it's not known whether the actor
did not actually wash his body and he
hasn't commented on it either however
while making the crucible carpentry
enthusiasts built his character a house
on the film set replica where he lived
for days with no running water and
electricity
stayed in a wheelchair his first
oscar-winning performance in my left
foot cost the actor two broken ribs
trying his best to channel late irish
writer and painter christy brown who
could only move his left foot
day lewis decided to remain in a
wheelchair for the entire duration of
the film shooting the filming crew had
the responsibility of carrying the actor
around the set day lewis was so
committed that he fall out of the chair
at times this and the constant slouching
resulted in him breaking two ribs
learn new language the unbearable
likeness of being may not be one of his
notable films for which the actor made a
name for himself however day lewis did
not shy away from giving the performance
his all with the story set in prague the
actor took acting to the next level when
he went out of his way to learn czech
though the star didn't speak a word of
the language in the film itself day
lewis did it to try channeling the
accent and when he didn't reach his
desired goal it ate him up inside
feeling as though he had failed the
story in his role
i think he went through a lot of torment
with that character the film's director
shared he was trying to become check
that's all we have for you today do you
think daniel day-lewis is done with
acting for good or will he be back to
collect his fourth oscar in another
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