Daniel Day-Lewis has admitted that he used method acting to immerse himself in the character of Daniel Day-Lewis for an interview on the Oprah Winfrey show which is due to be broadcast later today.
Day-Lewis commented “I really felt that I wanted to draw upon my own experiences and observations of the world and build a believable character, make this Daniel Day-Lewis somebody people could actually relate to.”
In order to prepare for the role he is reported to have spent weeks wearing his own clothes, living in his own home and having an affair with his own neighbour’s wife. At one point he even considered retiring to northern Italy or spending months in a wheelchair pretending to be disabled, but abandoned the idea. “The concept of me playing me playing somebody else was certainly an interesting one, but I became worried that I might suddenly vanish into a recursive probability vortex.”
The episode is due to air at 5.30PM MST tonight.
