Daniel Day-Lewis

Made films the shows talk about.

Wikidata Q166389: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by the only person by that name on Wikidata.

No film of theirs is counted: acting and studio count only when asked for, so what they drew on and who drew on them comes only from the lines with them at one end. Count them as actor (9 films) instead.

Draws on

What the speakers say they, or a film of theirs, drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

No line says they, or a film of theirs, drew on anything.

Drawn on by

What the speakers say drew on them or a film of theirs, marked the same way.

No line says anything drew on them or a film of theirs.

What the speakers said they did

Acting (13) everyone in acting

actor, Lincoln (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Empire of the Sun with Bilge Ebiri)
actor (breakfast-order comparison), Phantom Thread (as 'Phantom bread') (Blank Check with Griffin & David, As Good as It Gets with Chris Gethard)
actor, The Last of the Mohicans (Blank Check with Griffin & David, Lady in the Water with Richard Lawson)
Billy the Butcher sideburns, Gangs of New York (The Rewatchables, 'Talladega Nights' With Craig Horlbeck, Danny Heifetz, and Danny Kelly)
actor, My Left Foot (The Rewatchables, A CR Month Mailbag!)
actor, Lincoln (The Rewatchables, A CR Month Mailbag!)
actor, My Beautiful Laundrette (The Rewatchables, ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
actor, The Last of the Mohicans (The Rewatchables, ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
actor (oil man), There Will Be Blood (The Big Picture, 5. ‘No Country for Old Men’ and ‘W.’ | Mission Accomplished)
actor, Nine (The Big Picture, The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’)
actor, The Last of the Mohicans (The Big Picture, ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies)
actor, Lincoln (The Big Picture, Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57))
stepped in at short notice, Nine (Broadway revival) (Blank Check — Patreon, The 13th Warrior with David Lowery (Ad-Free))

Other (10) everyone in other

actor (Weinstein's pick for Vincent), Pulp Fiction (The Rewatchables, ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
actor, joked as premature-ejaculator casting, The Ice Storm (The Rewatchables, ‘The Ice Storm’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey)
recast as Joe Cabot, Reservoir Dogs (The Rewatchables, ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan)
actor (hypothetical), The Last of the Mohicans (The Big Picture, The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims)
almost-cast, Sid and Nancy (The Big Picture, ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics)
comparison for acting commitment, Born on the Fourth of July (The Big Picture, The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame)
out of the frame as best actor, Vice (The Big Picture, Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115))
what-if casting for Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows (Blank Check — Patreon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button with Richard Lawson (Ad-Free))
actor, example of the nice method actor (Blank Check — Patreon, The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free))
retirement analogy for Chow Yun-fat (Blank Check — Patreon, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free))

What was said about them, by kind

career (2)

career (career): Quentin Tarantino → Daniel Day-Lewis. Tarantino is fine disappearing for years then coming back, like Day-Lewis.
“almost like a Daniel DeLouis.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 2:42:25 · unknown (0.00 sure it was them)
career (career): Chow Yun-fat → Daniel Day-Lewis. Li Mu Bai is in a Daniel Day-Lewis retirement mode: the best at something that no longer satisfies him.
“I think he's in like Daniel De-Louis retirement mode.”
Blank Check — Patreon · Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon with David Ehrlich (Ad-Free) · 0:38:01 · Griffin Newman (0.30 sure it was them)

craft (1)

craft (craft): The Last of the Mohicans → Daniel Day-Lewis. Day-Lewis learned to make muskets for his method.
“Daniel, Day Lewis was like, I'm going to go learn how to make, you know, muskets”
The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:09:49 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)

people (5)

people (people): The Last of the Mohicans → Daniel Day-Lewis. Daniel Day-Lewis at his hottest is part of the pitch for Mohicans.
“Danley Lewis at his hottest.”
The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 1:02:53 · Chris Ryan (0.40 sure it was them)
people (performance comparison): Tár → Daniel Day-Lewis. Chris says watching Blanchett is like watching a Daniel Day-Lewis movie, something you need front row seats for.
“This is like when you're watching a Daniel Day-Lewis movie.”
The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:00:13 · Chris Ryan (0.85 sure it was them)
people (performance): Born on the Fourth of July → Daniel Day-Lewis. In Born on the Fourth of July Cruise shows he can be Daniel Day-Lewis; Chris calls it his best performance.
“This is him being like, I can be Daniel Day-Lewis.”
The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:58:39 · Chris Ryan (0.50 sure it was them)
people (people): Lincoln → Daniel Day-Lewis. Day-Lewis is commanding alongside Kushner's dialogue and Spielberg's framing.
“there is something so commanding and perfect about Kushner's dialogue, Spielberg's framing and DDL, just crushing the light.”
The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryan | The Big Picture (Ep. 57) · 0:42:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
people (method vs auteur): Daniel Day-Lewis → Stanley Kubrick. Patton sets nice Day-Lewis against Kubrick as the two examples people over-imitate.
“Kubrick and Daniel De Lewis loom too large as those 2 examples.”
Blank Check — Patreon · The Killing with Patton Oswalt (Ad-Free) · 0:27:02 · Patton Oswalt (0.50 sure it was them)

what-if (4)

what-if (what-if): Pulp Fiction → Daniel Day-Lewis. Weinstein pushed Daniel Day-Lewis for Vincent; the speakers would not trade Travolta but would love one DDL hitman movie.
“Having him play like just one normal hitman having a weird day would be awesome.”
The Rewatchables · ‘Pulp Fiction’ (Part 2) With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 1:39:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Daniel Day-Lewis → Reservoir Dogs. A joke recast as Joe Cabot, gaining 70 pounds and shaving his head.
“What about Daniel Day-Lewis as Joe Cabot?”
The Rewatchables · ‘Reservoir Dogs’ With Bill Simmons, Sean Fennessey, and Chris Ryan · 1:17:38 · Bill Simmons (0.50 sure it was them)
what-if (almost-cast): Sid and Nancy → Daniel Day-Lewis. The Sid Vicious part almost went to Daniel Day-Lewis rather than Gary Oldman.
“this is almost Daniel Day Lewis, it almost wasn't Gary Oldman, which would have also been a fascinating wrinkle.”
The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 1:10:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
what-if (what-if): Christian Bale → Daniel Day-Lewis. With Day-Lewis out of the frame, Bale becomes the consensus best actor and a second Oscar would make that official.
“Daniel DeLouis is out of the frame and now everybody's like, this is our best actor”
The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show (Ep. 115) · 0:36:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about them

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