Tom Hanks to play Abraham Lincoln in ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ adaptation
The film will be based on George Saunders’ Booker Prize-winning novel.
Abraham Lincoln
The movie Henry Fonda was “shamed” into making: “That’s like playing God, to me”
Sometimes shame is as good a motivator as any.
Daniel Day-Lewis and his most pointless method acting demand: “How tall is he?”
Would anyone in the audience ever pick up on this?
The movie Daniel Day-Lewis ran out of excuses not to make: “I really wasn’t the person”
He had to be persuaded.
The role Liam Neeson demanded to be fired from: “You have to recast this now”
He put a decade of blood, sweat, and tears into this project…
“It might start to pull him off”: When Daniel Day-Lewis banned the English accent on set
Commitment to staying in character.
The rejection letter Daniel Day-Lewis sent to Steven Spielberg
“I couldn’t dream of encouraging you to keep it open on a mere possibility.”
