Old photos of a teenage Daniel Day-Lewis show hints of Lincoln By Soraya Roberts | The Juice – 23 hours ago

Want to see Daniel Day-Lewis as a 16-year-old? No, it's not his latest acting role -- this is the three-time Oscar winner as an actual teenager.

Photos have emerged of the 55-year-old "Lincoln" star in some of his first roles: as a Lincoln-esque Russian soldier Alexander Vershinin in Chekhov's "Three Sisters," and as a long-haired Feste in Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night."

Day-Lewis transferred to Bedales, a creative independent school in Hampshire, England, in his early teens, and the move reportedly led to his film debut as a 14-year-old vandal in "Sunday Bloody Sunday." After graduating in 1975, he attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School.


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Daniel Day-Lewis makes Oscars history with best-actor win (CBS NEWS)

Daniel Day-Lewis won the Oscar for best actor for his exactingly authentic performance as President Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg's historical drama at Sunday's Academy Awards. Going into the night, the British actor was the favorite to win.

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Daniel Day-Lewis likely to win Best Actor Oscar Reuters | 18 hours ago

Daniel Day Lewis with his award for best actor in a motion picture drama for “Lincoln” during the 70th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Jan. 13, 2013, in Beverly Hills, Calif.–Photo by AP

LOS ANGELES: Daniel Day-Lewis is expected to make Hollywood history by winning his third Best Actor Oscar on Feb. 24 but the public is split over who deserves the Best Supporting Actor prize, a Reuters poll showed.

Day-Lewis, 55, has already picked up almost every major award this season for playing US President Abraham Lincoln in Steven Spielberg’s Civil War-era drama “Lincoln” and he is front-runner for the top British BAFTA award on Feb. 10.

A Reuters Ipsos poll of 909 Americans found 21 per cent thought British-born Day-Lewis, 55, should win and 26 per cent said he was most likely to win Best Actor at the Oscars for Lincoln, a role he assumed both off and on set during filming.

He is up against Hugh Jackman, who came second in the Reuters poll for musical “Les Miserables,” Bradley Cooper in the quirky romance “Silver Linings Playbook,” Joaquin Phoenix in cult drama “The Master” and Denzel Washington as an alcoholic pilot in “Flight.”

If Day-Lewis does win, he will be the first man to take home the Best Actor statue three times, having won the award in 1990 for playing severely disabled Irish artist Christy Brown in “My Left Foot” and in 2008 for his role as oil prospector Daniel Plainview in “There Will be Blood.”

But Day-Lewis, who chooses his roles carefully and has only appeared in 10 films in the past 20 years, was not taking a win for granted. It took Spielberg three attempts to persuade him to sign up for the lead role in “Lincoln.”

“Members of the Academy love surprises, so about the worst thing that can happen to you is if you’ve built up an expectation,” the actor told reporters after winning the Screen Actors Guild trophy in Los Angeles last week.

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Kathleen Kennedy talks Daniel Day-Lewis in Lincoln By Ben Arnold | Movie Editor's Blog – 6 hours ago (Yahoo)

New Lucasfilm boss Kathleen Kennedy has lifted the lid on Daniel Day-Lewis's work on the set of 'Lincoln', which she produced with Steven Spielberg.

Day-Lewis, known for his full immersion into character while on set, had an intimidating command of the material, despite the size of his role in the film, in which he plays the revered US president.

Day-Lewis... as 'the president' Abraham Lincoln (Copyright: Rex)

“Certainly the minute you heard on the radio, ‘The president is coming to the set,’ which is what we would hear, and Daniel would walk onto the set, you could hear a pin drop,” she told the New York Times.

“And that was really the way every single day went.”

She then went on to talk about the effect his work had on the other members of the cast.

“He had 45 pages of dialogue in the first two weeks of shooting, and he never missed a word,” she continued.

“I mean, it was the other actors that were interesting to watch because once he came in and did a four-minute dialogue scene and didn’t miss, everybody looked like deer in the headlights.


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James Dempsey : Why we should give Daniel Day Lewis some peace (INDEPENDENT)

By James Dempsey
Saturday January 26 2013

This weekend marks the Irish release of Lincoln, director Steven Spielberg's biopic of the American president's efforts to outlaw slavery and end the civil war in the final few months of his life.

A project eight years in the making, recounting the shady dealings often required to turn ideological moralities into political realities, Lincoln is a chamber piece of subtle speeches and exquisite performances. And in the same week as Barack Obama's second inauguration, Lincoln's political toing and froing feels distinctly fresh and timely.

To the forefront of the film, of course, is Daniel Day Lewis' work as Honest Abe, in what is perhaps the quietest and most restrained performance of the esoteric actor's career. It should come as no surprise that the most-celebrated actor of his generation playing the most-celebrated American president of all time has already resulted in mass award celebrations.

Day Lewis, famous for living for months on end in character, originally turned down the role, concerned that he couldn't do justice to this idol of American politics. But after tireless campaigning by the director, Day Lewis signed on. Perhaps it was written in the stars – who better to play the man whose face graces the penny and five dollar-bill than the man whose face has appeared on an An Post stamp?

Of course, awards' season presents its own nationalistic difficulties with regard to Day Lewis. The son of an Irish-born Poet Laureate to Queen Elizabeth II, raised and educated in England's green and pleasant land, Day Lewis made his way across the Irish Sea in 1989, taking up dual citizenship in 1993.

As such, we Irish have taken him to our hearts, and at times have become rather militant about it. When The Daily Mail listed the actor among the "Britons" to have found triumph at the Golden Globes earlier this month, the furore was felt across social media.

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Golden Globes 2013: Hugh Jackman, Daniel Day-Lewis win actor honors (LA TIMES)

By John Horn
January 13, 2013, 8:05 p.m.

In an evening with some mild surprises, two favorites won the top actor honors at the Golden Globes: Daniel Day-Lewis for "Lincoln" and Hugh Jackman for "Les Miserables."

For playing the 16th president of the United States, Day-Lewis won for best actor in a drama. Clips from the movie were introduced earlier by former President Bill Clinton. "Are you sure there's room for another ex-president on this stage?" the actor said in accepting the prize from the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn.


Jackman won for best actor in a musical or comedy for starring as the prisoner turned humanitarian Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables." He thanked director Tom Hooper, adding that he nearly pulled out of the project.

"I never told you this," Jackman told Hooper from the stage, "but three weeks in, we had a terrible rehearsal, and I was going to call you and tell you someone else had to play this role. My wife talked me out of it."


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Golden Globes: Former President Bill Clinton presents LINCOLN

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Golden Globes - Best Actor Drama Nominee - Daniel Day Lewis (FEMALE FIRST)

Name: Daniel Day Lewis

Age: 55

Character: Abraham Lincoln

Film: Lincoln

Synopsis: In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, unite the country and abolish slavery.

With the moral courage and fierce determination to succeed, his choices during this critical moment will change the fate of generations to come.

Previous Golden Globe Wins: Daniel Day Lewis has one Golden Globe for There Will Be Blood





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Daniel Day-Lewis and director Steven Spielberg arrive at the 'Lincoln' premiere during AFI Fest 2012 presented by Audi at Grauman's Chinese Theatre on November 8, 2012 in Hollywood, California.

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Awards season kicked off last night with the New York Film Critics Circle handing Best Picture to Zero Dark Thirty and Best Actor to Daniel Day-Lewis for his turn in Lincoln, The Los Angeles Times reports. Day-Lewis' co-star Sally Field was also recognized for her performance as Mary Todd Lincoln, as was Tony Kushner for penning the the Steven Spielberg-directed biopic.

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Daniel Day-Lewis channels Clint Eastwood at BAFTA

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Daniel Day-Lewis discusses ‘Lincoln’ in a crowded theater with Spielberg, O’Reilly and Oprah By Dylan Stableford, Yahoo! News | The Lookout – 22 hrs ago

Time editor Rick Stengel, Daniel Day-Lewis and Steven Spielberg (Yahoo/Dylan Stableford)

In person, Daniel Day-Lewis looks almost nothing like Abraham Lincoln. (He looks something like an English soccer player.) On screen, though, Daniel Day-Lewis looks--and possibly sounds--almost exactly like Abraham Lincoln.

"It's lucky for me that no one can say positively what he sounded like," said Day-Lewis on Thursday in New York, following Time magazine's packed VIP screening of Steven Spielberg's Oscar-baiting "Lincoln" biopic.

The 55-year-old London-born actor said he spent a year trying to get into the 16th president's head.
"If you approach Lincoln head on, it's like a child in front of a monument," Day-Lewis said. "You have to come at him from an angle—behind his left shoulder."

"I try not to dismember a character--a life--into its component parts," he continued. "Because the voice is such a deep personal reflection of character, I leave it alone. If I'm very lucky I begin to hear a voice--not supernatural--but it's a powerful moment. Thank God it did happen in this case. I began to hear a voice as I drew closer to the man." (While filming, Day-Lewis would even send text messages as Lincoln to Sally Field, who played Lincoln's wife, Mary Todd.)

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Daniel Day-Lewis Looks Poised to Make Oscar History By Adam Wenger on October 19, 2012 (zimbio)

Don't look now, but if Daniel Day-Lewis manages to score a Best Actor Oscar for his role in Lincoln, he will become the first man in the history of the Academy Awards to win three golden trophies. 

The 55-year-old first won Best Actor in 1989 for his work in My Left Foot, and then again in 2008 for his portrayal of the ruthless oil baron Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood. Having appeared in just 20 films over the course of his career, he's good for a 10 percent winning percentage. If he were an NFL team, that number wouldn't be too impressive. But as an actor, it puts him in a field of his own. Tom Hanks, who has also been named Best Actor twice, has 50 films to his credit, which gives him a 4 percent winning percentage. 

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Actor Daniel day Lewis to be honored with BAFTA’s Stanley Kubrick Britania Award October 4, 2012 at 5:14 (GANTDAILY

Paula David – Fourth Estate Cooperative Reporter

Los Angeles, CA, United States (4E) – Actor Daniel Day Lewis will be receiving this year’s Stanley Kubrick Britannia Award for Excellence in Film by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts in November.

Nigel Lythgoe, Britannia Chairman, said, “We are thrilled to bestow Daniel with this prestigious award. His remarkable body of work ensures that this honor is more than well-deserved, and we are excited to include him among the other esteemed honorees of the evening.”

In a press release, Lythgoe also talks about BAFTA’s partnership with BBC America, saying, “With the BBC broadcasting the BAFTA Awards in London, it feels only natural that BBC AMERICA would become our broadcasting partner for the Britannia’s, here in LA. They join us for a most incredible evening, as we celebrate and reward some remarkably talented people on our 25th Anniversary.”

Past recipients of the Britannia Award are Albert R. “Cubby” Broccoli, Warren Beatty, Sir Michael Caine, Tom Cruise, Robert De Niro, Clint Eastwood, Colin Firth, Tom Hanks, Dustin Hoffman, Dame Elizabeth Taylor, Helena Bonham Carter and the late Stanley Kubrick himself.

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Daniel Day-Lewis: Streaming Live Q&A with Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis! October 5, 2012 by Louis Love (NUKE THE FRIDGE)

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Yahoo! Movies Streaming Live Q&A

with Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis

Wednesday, October 10th at 7pm ET

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Daniel Day-Lewis - Being too historically accurate (THE SENTINEL)

September 26, 2012 9:24 am  •  
Naomi Creason, The Sentinel

After watching the trailer for Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln,” I have to wonder if being too historically accurate is a bad thing.

It’s hard to question any decision Daniel Day-Lewis makes when putting together a role, but there’s a lot of talk surrounding his decision to be very accurate when it comes to Abraham Lincoln’s voice.

Since we don’t have recordings of Lincoln’s voice, many of us have based what the president sounds like from movies or TV. When many of us hear the name Lincoln, it’s usually associated with a baritone voice, like Gregory Peck in “The Blue and the Gray.”

According to historians, however, that isn’t the case. Lincoln’s voice is usually described as “shrill” and “higher pitched.”

And that’s exactly what you get from Day-Lewis in the trailer for the movie.


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Does Daniel Day-Lewis Sound Like Lincoln? By Forrest Wickman | Posted Tuesday, Sept. 18, 2012, at 8:30 AM ET (SLATE)

When Steven Spielberg debuted the long-anticipated trailer for Lincoln last Thursday, all eyes were on Daniel Day-Lewis: Could the British-Irish actor really fill out the 16th president’s stovepipe hat?

But what really made headlines was Day-Lewis’ voice. Instead of the booming baritones we associate with our greatest orators (not to mention the most memorable Day-Lewis characters), Day-Lewis’s voice was surprisingly high, folksy, even meek. Hollywood Elsewhere’s Jeffrey Wells was quick to disapprove, complaining, “It’s hard to describe what I was looking to hear, but this isn’t it.” Cinema Blend ran a poll, asking “Do you think Daniel Day-Lewis’s Lincoln voice sounds weird?” Meanwhile, Jimmy Fallon responded in his own way: by replacing Day-Lewis’ voice with the sound of Pee-wee Herman’s.

However, as some hastened to explain, historians have long known that Lincoln’s voice was a bit higher than those of his more thundering contemporaries. So we decided to turn to leading Lincoln expert Harold Holzer. (As Smithsonian magazine wrote, “If anyone had an educated guess as to how it sounded … it would be Holzer.”) How does Day-Lewis’ Lincoln sound to the trained ear of a scholar?

“Uncanny, convincing, and historically right,” Holzer told me. How so? Holzer pointed specifically to “the combined Kentucky-Hoosier twang” and, again, “the surprisingly high-pitched voice.” After all, as Holzer reaffirmed, “Lincoln didn’t growl—in fact some people said he whined!”




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Daniel Day-Lewis - Teaser trailer for LINCON

FIRST LOOK: Daniel Day-Lewis embodies 'Lincoln' in Steven Spielberg's historical drama by Anthony Breznican (EW.COM)

Penny for your thoughts?

Long-range paparazzi (and the occasional sneaky fellow diner) grabbed snapshots of Daniel Day-Lewis as he was shooting Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln last fall.

But in this exclusive new image from the upcoming historical drama (out Nov. 9), we finally see the My Left Foot and There Will Be Blood Oscar-winner in full character, and the result is even more uncanny than originally expected.


Spielberg tells EW that Day-Lewis captures not just the likeness of the 16th U.S. president in the below image, but also the intangible, pensive quality that made him a great leader. “Lincoln had a very, very complicated – and at the same time, extremely clear — inner life,” the director says. “He thought things out. He talked things out. He argued both sides of every issue. And he was very careful in making any decision. As a matter of fact, his opponents and his enemies criticized him often for being impossibly slow to a decision.”

The movie has also taken a long time to get to the screen, although Spielberg made a relatively fast decision roughly a decade ago when he optioned the rights to historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s book, Team of Rivals, about Lincoln and his combative cabinet, when she was still just researching it. The screenplay, adapted by Angels in America playwright Tony Kushner (husband of EW columnist Mark Harris), excerpts just a portion of that 2005 best-seller.

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Daniel Day Lewis, Daniel Craig: Spielberg's 'Lincoln' Will Face Off Against James Bond on November 9 Plus dates for 'Stoker' and 'Wuthering Heights' BY: BRAD BREVET PUBLISHED: WEDNESDAY, JULY 18TH 2012 AT 11:15 AM (ROPE OF SILICON)

DreamWorks announced this morning that Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, starring Daniel Day-Lewis in the title role, will hit limited theaters on November 9 before expanding nationwide the following weekend on November 16. The film will therefore open opposite the latest James Bond adventure Skyfall and Joe Wright's Anna Karenina, the latter of which is also releasing in limited theaters, though I expect it will follow a more staggered release schedule.

The November 16 date matches with Summit's plan to release The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 as well as the first weekend Sony Classics will roll out the Cannes standout, Jacques Audiard's Rust and Bone in limited release

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'Lincoln,' Daniel Day-Lewis, Laura Linney early Oscar frontrunners (GOLD DERBY)

Steven Spielberg's upcoming biopic "Lincoln" is predicted to win Best Picture at this year's Oscars according to early voting by Gold Derby users. And Daniel Day-Lewis is a clear favorite to claim his third Best Actor Academy Award for portraying the 16th American president.

Laura Linney is forecast to win her first Best Actress Oscar for playing the mistress of the 32nd chief executive, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in "Hyde Park on Hudson." She has lost that race twice ("You Can Count on Me," 2000; "The Savages," 2007) and supporting once ("Kinsey," 2004).


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