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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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 Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
 Day-Lewis, Daniel
London, England. Born April 29, 1957 in London.
| DDL joined the family of what famous American playwright in 1996? | Daniel Day-Lewis
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Arthur Miller. DDL married Miller's daughter, Rebecca, in 1996 and became the playwright's son in law. Miller penned such luminous works as 'Death of a Salesman', 'The Crucible', and 'The Night Thoreau Spent in Jail'. Auburn wrote the successful 'Proof'. Shepard wrote 'Buried Child'. Williams wrote 'A Streetcar Named Desire' (which, incidentally, I'd just about kill to see DDL in) and 'The Glass Menagerie', among others.
| DDL is well known for being a method actor - immersing himself in his character for the duration of a film's shoot (or longer). On the set of 'Gangs of New York', DDL insisted on wearing what garment appropriate to his character, that led to his getting sick? | Daniel Day-Lewis
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ratty coat. DDL insisted against putting on a warmer coat in order to stay true to the reality his character would have faced. He ended up getting sick and the set doctors forced him to take medicine.
Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis.
Rebecca Miller. Daughter of Arthur Miller, who wrote the play 'The Crucible', for which DDL starred in the film adaptation.
Motorcycle. He prefers his motorcycle to automobiles.
Isabelle Adjani. He also has a son with Rebecca Miller, though not named Gabriel Kane.
15. He spent the following decade in the theater.
Herniated disc in the lower back. His back gave out after filming was over, and he had been training intensively for the part for at least two years prior to filming.
| With which director had DDL done the most films (up through and including 2002's 'Gangs of New York')? | Daniel Day-Lewis Films
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Jim Sheridan. DDL worked with Sheridan on three films: 'My Left Foot', 'In The Name Of The Father', and 'The Boxer'.
Scorsese directed the actor in 'The Age Of Innocence' and 'Gangs of New York'.
Mann only reaped the benefit of DDL's skills in one film: 'Last of the Mohicans'.
DDL worked under Attenborough in 'Gandhi'.
Milan Kundera . This was an incredible novel by the same name. I can't recommend it highly enough.
eye. At one point in the film, he tapped the eye with a knife. The eyeball had a eagle design on it.
No. He was hanged at the end of the film for his supposed association with the witches.
Madeleine Stowe. May was also in the film, playing Stowe's younger sister. This film is probably one of DDL's most popular (if box office and the fluttering of female hearts is any indication).
dog. Tomas (DDL) and Tereza (Juliette Binoche) had a dog that eventually had to be put to sleep, but which brought them much happiness when it was healthy.
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