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[DragoonKain]

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/daniel-day-lewis-quits-acting-oscar-winner-1202472766/

Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis, widely considered one of the preeminent actors of his generation, is retiring from acting, Variety has learned.

Really sucks, he's honestly one of the GOATs. Sorry if posted.

 

[A-V-B]

Holy shit. You were the best, man. Enjoy retirement.

 

[kingocfs]

Noooooooooo

 

[FreshCakes]

http://variety.com/2017/film/news/daniel-day-lewis-quits-acting-oscar-winner-1202472766/

Three-time Oscar winner Daniel Day-Lewis, widely considered one of the preeminent actors of his generation, is retiring from acting, Variety has learned.

The 60-year-old star, who has played presidents, writers, and gang leaders in a career that has spanned four decades, has one final film awaiting release, “Phantom Thread,” a drama set in the world of high fashion. It is scheduled to hit theaters on December 25, 2017 and reunites him with Paul Thomas Anderson, who directed Day-Lewis to a best actor Oscar in 2007’s “There Will Be Blood.” Day-Lewis intends to help promote the movie, according to a person familiar with his plans.

The man had one hell of a career.

 

[robotrock]

Damn. I liked looking forward to a DDL performance once every three to four years.

 

[F0rneus]

Legendary actor. May he enjoy his retirement.

 

[RBH]

Nooooooooooooo

 

[DarkJediKnight]

Good for him. He's been doing it for so long. I'm surprised he doesn't direct more.

 

[DOWN]

There Will Be Blood is his magnum opus and it's a damn good one

 

[Poppy]

wow that sounds like a cool movie to end on at least, i gotta see that

 

[smokeymicpot]

Talk about an amazing career.

 

[CountAntonius]

I hope he enjoys his retirement. Incredible talent that stole every scene he was in.

 

[funkystudent]

Retiring relatively young seems like totally a thing he would do.


Congrats buddy. You earned it.

 

[Biggest-Geek-Ever]

Arguably the greatest actor of all time. His performance as Daniel Plainview in There Will Be Blood is certainly my favorite performance ever.

I would love for him to do at least one more role, but if he's indeed done then there's no shame in that.

 

[mnannola]

There Will Be Blood is his magnum opus and it's a damn good one

Agreed. What a Movie and what a god damn masterpiece of a performance.

 

[HeartlessNobody213]

Can't say I'm all that shocked. He has 3 oscars and could win another with this next film.

Even with the 3 or 4 year long breaks, he probably doesn't want to go all in on another role anymore.

 

[Jarmel]

no no no no nonononononono

 

[Fancyarcher]

Again? It's sad that he's saying this, but I believe he's announced his retirement in the past before. Given how super picky he is with his projects, I wouldn't be surprised if someone forced him out of retirement five years from now at least.

Still that's unfortunate.

 

[Enduin]

Very unfortunate, he's an absolutely remarkable actor. And he is still damn young.

It's really crazy when looking at his filmography as he's only been in like ~20 feature films.

 

[Frozenprince]

60 is a good age to do it for such a method actor.

Great career.

 

[MHWilliams]

They way he approaches acting, I'm not surprised at all.

 

[itsbenoclock]

Quit while you're still ahead, I suppose. Stellar streak of amazing performances.

 

[fallengorn]

He should take up cobbling again.

 

[strafer]

And Lincoln was his final role.

Excellent.

 

[Enduin]

And Lincoln was his final role.

Excellent.

Nah, he's in another Paul Thomas Anderson film this year. Hopefully to deliver another There Will Be Blood level performance.

 

[thelatestmodel]

Do actors even retire? Don't they just play old people in movies?

Spoiler

J/K everyone deserves a nice retirement

 

[strafer]

Nah, he's in another Paul Thomas Anderson film this year. Hopefully to deliver another There Will Be Blood level performance.

Just give him the Oscar already.

 

[jett]

Hasn't he retired before?

Either way, nothing's stopping him from coming back in the future.

 

[SpaceWolf]

He must have one hell of a role in Phantom Thread if that's going to be the part he retires on, especially given how long Lewis had talked about only taking on future roles that can top the ones before.

 

[Nafai1123]

Hope he decides to come back sometime in the future. He's one of the greatest.

 

[Deleted member 57681]

There Will Be Blood is his magnum opus and it's a damn good one

If Phantom Thread turns out to be half the movie There Will Be Blood was, it'll still be a damn fine send-off. Hard to not trust in PTAxDDL.

 

[jelly]

Nothing lasts forever, thanks for the performances. He could come out of retirement for something.

Does he get paid big bucks?

 

[TheExhaustedWalrus]

He's one of the greatest to do it. I'm very excited for the PTA movie. What a career he's had.

 

[jstripes]

I hope he's healthy.

 

[Skeletron]

Nice, that PTA film is gonna be hyped as fuck now.

 

[BobTheFork]

It's a work.

He's just method acting and prepping for his next part.

A movie about a guy who doesn't know what to do with his life after retiring.

He'll make it amazing

 

[Maxim726X]

Noooooooooo

.

 

[StMeph]

Go make some fine shoes.

 

[Stinkles]

I hope he's healthy.

No matter what occurs!

 

[Generalpsyduck]

 

[PanSexual_Peacock]

He's retired before and come back so I'm not entirely sure if this is final. If it is, I wish him all the best and hope it's not for health reasons. He's one of my favorites and I'll miss the hell out of him on screen.

 

[Ryaaan14]

Him and Spacey are the all time goats for me

This sucks

 

[Turin]

 

[Brandon F]

Don't worry, Tilda Swinton can cover his future roles.

 

[SomedayTheFire]

Good for him. Hope he enjoys it.

Spoiler

bad for us

 

[RS4-]

Watched TWBB again last week, had to imdb to figure out what he's done since then.

Not much

 

[gutshot]

Why does this read like an obituary?

 

[msdstc]

The best actor of all time hands down. It makes sense he's calling it a day with how much work he puts into a role. He probably can't envision giving anymore of his life to it.

 

[Kadayi]

Didn't realise he was 60 tbh. Like others have said, he's done this before. I think ultimately he's pretty choosy about his projects and so it's not unlikely if the good enough project came along he might be tempted to come out again.

 

[Fury451]

Are we sure this is a real retirement, and not a "Become a cobbler for 5 years" thing?

If so, very sad. Hopefully Phantom Thread is a fitting finale to a great career.