Daniel Day-Lewis Was 'Clueless' when Filming My Left Foot

Daniel Day-Lewis Says Method Acting Criticism Is From ‘People Who Have Little or No Understanding of What It Actually Involves’: ‘It’s Almost as if’ We’re in a ‘Cult’

Daniel Day-Lewis rejected misconceptions about Method acting during a wide-ranging conversation at the BFI London Film Festival on Wednesday.

Daniel Day-Lewis was 'clueless' when filming My Left Foot

Daniel Day-Lewis "didn't have a clue what [he] was doing" with his first Oscar-winning movie role in My Left Foot.

Daniel Day-Lewis Says He “Wouldn’t Be Able to Make” ‘My Left Foot’ Today — World of Reel

Daniel Day-Lewis appeared this morning at the BFI Southbank for a career-spanning Q&A with critic Mark Kermode. The three-time Oscar winner —“There Will Be Blood,” “Lincoln,” “My Left Foot” — spoke with his usual honesty, particularly when it came to that last film, which earned him his first Academy Award back in 1990.In “My Left Foot,” Day-Lewis portrayed Irish writer Christy Brown, who was born with cerebral palsy and could only control his l…