Daniel Day Lewis: Every Film

The question is when hasn't Daniel Day Lewis taken it too far for a role. A staunch practitioner of the Method,  for "My Left Foot" he remained in a wheelchair and was spoon fed by the crew for the entire shoot. In preparation for the "The Boxer" he tattooed his own hands and trained as a boxer twice a day, seven days a week. For "In The Name of the Father," he slept in an abandoned jail and ate only prison rations. While filming "Gangs of New York" he trained as a butcher and wandered the streets of Rome (where the movie was filmed) picking fights with strangers. He even contracted pneumonia because he refused to wear a warmer jacket than his character would have owned. All great performances, but just too much. [Independent]