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[Traumnovelle]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/films/0/daniel-day-lewis-reportedly-retiring-acting-become-dressmaker/

Really got into method with Paul Thomas Anderson's Phantom Thread.

Makes sense as he was a cobbler, so this is some extension.

 

[NealMcCauley]

I honestly wondered if something like this was the reason.

 

[SpaceWolf]

Cobbler to dressmaker.

I hope he becomes a hatter next.

 

[Mivey]

Could his retirement statement just be a PR gag to make people want to see his "last" movie? Because this is sounding inane.

 

[number11]

This guy has lived such an interesting life

 

[Surfinn]

Is this like the time Jordan decided to play baseball?

 

[Ahasverus]

He's insane. And I envy him.

 

[dl77]

I'm thinking next he'll be a soldier then a sailor. Possibly after that a rich man, then a poor man followed by a beggar man and thief.

EDIT: Nevermind, I thought a tinker made shoes for some reason!

 

[pauljeremiah]

I remember reading in an Irish magazine around the time Lincoln came out that in the time between Gangs Of New York and There Will Be Blood, he spent most of time doing carpentry to the extent that one of his youngest son told his teacher that his dad was a carpenter.

 

[HStallion]

The real question that no one has asked is when do we get the Daniel Day Lewis clothing line designed and fabricated entirely by DDL himself?

 

[crooked spin]

Malkovich did it first!

 

[Zackat]

cool, I wish him luck

 

[HStallion]

Malkovich did it first!

Maybe DDL is John Malkovich? Have we ever seen them in the same room together?

 

[kswiston]

Could his retirement statement just be a PR gag to make people want to see his "last" movie? Because this is sounding inane.

I would be very surprised if this is an actual Gene Hackman style retirement. Something will strike his fancy 5-10 years from now. DDL is getting older, but he's not THAT old. He hasn't even taken a shot at those old man roles yet.

 

[Ushojax]

I like DDL but this whole thing is the most luvvie load of nonsense. I will eat my own head if he never plays another role.

 

[Enduin]

Thanks a lot Paul. You just couldn't help but make a movie with DDL acting in some obscure, nigh antiquated, yet still somehow real profession he might lose himself in. You knew about the cobbling. You fucking knew about the cobbling. And you just had to do it. I hope you're happy.

 

[D4Danger]

He doesn't have to prove anything to anyone so if he wants to go be a fashion designer that's great. I bet he's really good at it too.

I think he'll do one more film though. Something will get him.

 

[dl77]

Malkovich did it first!

Isn't he a designer rather than an actual clothing maker though?

 

[cr0w]

I truly wish I had enough money to simply retire and take on a profession that I found interesting and fulfilling for the rest of my days. It would be so rewarding.

 

[ghostjoke]

I always wondered if there would be a role he wouldn't come back from. Probably best it's this and not Daniel Plainview. Lincoln in modern day would have been interesting though.

 

[dl77]

I think he'll do one more film though. Something will get him.

I'd be happy if he just popped every X years just to work alongside PT Anderson.

Slightly OT but as a 40 year old it's depressing that by the time he was 37 he'd made Boogie Nights, Magnolia and There Will be Blood.

 

[wenis]

I truly wish I had enough money to simply retire and take on a profession that I found interesting and fulfilling for the rest of my days. It would be so rewarding.

Get back to that desk!

 

[darkinstinct]

Everybody knows it's just some method acting stuff. Maybe he makes a movie about Lagerfeld or someone else. If actors announce weird shit they are just acting like it. Remember the Gladiator actor that went to become a rapper?

 

[Skellig Gra]

I see DDL didn't take the will I be replaced by robots test yet.

 

[RecRoulette]

Really surprised something like this didn't happen sooner, if he really is retiring.

 

[DrForester]

Daniel Day Lewis made himself into a dress.

He's just that good an actor, everyone thinks he's a real dress.

 

[HStallion]

I see DDL didn't take the will I be replaced by robots test yet.

He'll adapt and become a robot.

 

[bionic77]

He'll adapt and become a robot.

He won't become a robot but he is such a good actor they will think he is a robot and will live among the robot overlords.

 

[ShadowKingpin]

I have mad respect for this man.

 

[Szu]

 

[jett]

DDL sure is an interesting man.

 

[whitemex88]

Cobbler to dressmaker.

I hope he becomes a hatter next.

A quadruple threat, can such a thing exist?

 

[kirblar]

Could his retirement statement just be a PR gag to make people want to see his "last" movie? Because this is sounding inane.

He's 60 and only does 1 movie every few years.

 

[Rktk]

He will be back to acting for sure, he can do whatever he wants.

 

[MrS]

Watch out, dressmakers, DDL is coming to drink your milkshakes

 

[BarringGaffner]

Twist: DDL was the acting coach they hired for Han solo.

 

[Extra Sauce]

He's in too deep. We need to send another method actor to bring him back.

 

[Calabi]

There may be a door somewhere that leads into his head.

 

[kingocfs]

"He's so method, it takes him three years to prepare for a role," the source said. "He was telling friends he really wanted to go out with a bang."

HYPE