Posted on 06/20/2017 12:45:35 PM PDT by EdnaMode
Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis, widely considered one of the preeminent actors of his generation, is retiring from acting, Variety has learned.
The 60-year-old star, who has played presidents, writers, and gang leaders in a career that has spanned four decades, has one final film awaiting release, “Phantom Thread,” a drama set in the world of high fashion. It is scheduled to hit theaters on December 25, 2017 and reunites him with Paul Thomas Anderson, who directed Day-Lewis to a best actor Oscar in 2007’s “There Will Be Blood.” Day-Lewis intends to help promote the movie, according to a person familiar with his plans.
He did not give a reason for his retirement. In a statement, Day-Lewis’ spokeswoman, Leslee Dart, confirmed the news: “Daniel Day-Lewis will no longer be working as an actor. He is immensely grateful to all of his collaborators and audiences over the many years. This is a private decision and neither he nor his representatives will make any further comment on this subject. ”
Day-Lewis is the performer to ever win three best actor Oscars, for the title role in Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” his turn as a rapacious oil man in “There Will Be Blood,” and his performance as writer and artist Christy Brown in “My Left Foot.” He earned two other Academy Award nominations for “Gangs of New York” and “In the Name of the Father.”
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Great movie!
“You’re strong! You survive! You stay alive, no matter what occurs! I will find you! No matter how long it takes, no matter how far. I will find you!”
Last of The Mohicans and Dances With Wolves are my two favorite movies....
Well they are half-brothers, different mothers and many many years (2 decades) apart in age. It’s sad when families fracture but it sounds like there was never much of a connection between Daniel and Sean, except sharing a biological father who was quite a philanderer:
Thank you Cecily. I was stunned to read GSC’s post and thought what the heck did I miss today as I was out and about all day. Good grief I am thankful it was a hoax. I would think it would be world wide news if Clint died. I listed to Rush a bit today and know for a fact he would have mentioned it as well as others. GSC I could not be grateful that you are wrong....lol.
I absolutely loved DDL as Abraham Lincoln!!
We all know the story, the tragedy of President Lincoln’s assassination, we’ve heard the sad story over and over again for our entire lives.
But when I saw the movie “Lincoln,” it was the first time that I ever truly sensed the greatness of this president and the tremendous, heartbreaking loss when he was assassinated. I wept at the end of this movie, much to my own surprise.
Wow, didn’t realize he was in it. Filmed around Chimney Rock, NC. Gorgeous country.
Only thing I recall was ‘Gangs..’
Will have to watch it again.
He looks like Rick Perry.
I would also recommend his movie “In the Name of the Father”.
That is so funny that neither of us can remember what the main event was where DDL was balancing teacups in background .. and I just saw it this weekend! But, I recorded it and have a good excuse to watch again. Actually I think that scene might be where George is professing his love for Lucy in the Library and Lucy is stubbornly putting him off... while her fiancee, Cecil, is out on the patio. I never read the book and wonder if the humor comes across there as well as it does on screen.
““There Will be Blood” was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen.”
You’re just mad because he drank your milkshake. :-)
One of my favorite movies, ever. His performance was dead on of a terribly repressed gentleman and mother's boy attempting to court a red-blooded but socially constrained Edwardian woman. It brought tears both times I saw it. The rest of the cast was also fantastic in their roles, not even to mention the scenery, production and writing and the soundtrack.
At least he’s one actor who lives up to his excellent reputation.
Ben Mankiewicz (Sp?) hosting Turner Classic Movies said that DDL wanted to play George Emerson in Room with a View. Don’t know if true or just rumor (or a DDL joke) Both roles were obviously cast correctly — dontcha think?
Worked as shoemaker in Italy.
So he's retired until he sees a script he really likes.
Best bet: Pinocchio.
If I could have any actor play Aragorn, it would be Gregory Peck in his prime.
Hard to say, given his extremely intense method acting, whether he could have found a way to immerse himself in a lighthearted romantic character! He does seem rather better suited to dark roles. He supposedly never leaves character the entire time he is shooting a film, and goes to every extent to live inside the character, even remaining in a wheelchair during the filming of My Left Foot and demanding to be carried and spoon-fed by the crew. He spent an entire year preparing for Lincoln, reading over 100 books about him. No wonder he rests for years between roles.
I'm certainly happy that I was wrong.IIRC it was only yesterday that I heard/read this somewhere...and I can't recall where.
Eastwood's 87 so it was believable to me that he had died.And IIRC didn't he speak at the 2102 Republican Convention and appear and/or sound very "old".
Oh well....
It certainly wouldn't have been Vigo "Mumbles" Mortenson, the actor with one expression and one less talent.
I like him “The Bounty” or Mutiny on the Bounty.
I like ship movies in general. Any kind of ship.
Great movie, great soundtrack.
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