Steven Spielberg’s Abraham Lincoln Biopic

• Quint

  

  http://screenrant.com/daniel-day-lewis-abraham-lincoln-spielberg-sandy-141639/
  
  Daniel Day Lewis has been in character as Abe Lincoln since March.
  
  
  
  

  Variety‘s Jeff Sneider tweeted recently that the two-time Oscar-winning actor has not only maintained his “Lincoln accent” (ie. the U.S. president’s somewhat infamous high-pitched tone) since March 2011, but that Lewis’ actual name doesn’t even appear on the casting call sheet. Such an extreme method acting approach is quite typical of the man, whose previous attempts to “truly stay in character” including never getting out of his wheelchair while he worked on My Left Foot, living out in the wilderness while he prepared to star in The Last of the Mohicans, and listening to Eminem music in order to play Bill “The Butcher” Cutting in Gangs of New York (not even kidding on that last one).
  
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  For those who haven’t been keeping up on Lincoln pre-production: the remainder of the film’s cast includes Sally Field, Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jared Harris, Jackie Earl Haley, Lee Pace, David Strathairn, James Spader, Walter Goggins, John Hawkes, Hal Holbrook, David Costabile, and Tim Blake Nelson, among many others.
  
  If that wasn’t a prestigious enough list of names for you – Spielberg’s Lincoln biopic was also scripted by Pulitzer Prize-winner Tony Kushner (Munich), based on an earlier draft by Oscar-nominee John Logan (Gladiator, Hugo). The whole basis for this project is the acclaimed non-fiction book “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” by Pulitzer Prize-winner Doris Kearns Goodwin. ‘Nuff said, right?
  

• justincredible

  

  Oh, hell yeah.
• Fab4Runner

  

  justincredible;996204 wrote:Oh, hell yeah.

  This.
• Steel Valley Football

  First nude pics of Mary Todd get reps.
• bigdaddy2003

  

  Nice! I cant wait to watch it.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  Can it be worse than Indy 4?
• Glory Days

  

  sounds like straight to VHS to me.
• Sonofanump

  Daniel Day Lewis is a Boss.
• ohiobucks1

  

  Sonofanump;996499 wrote:Daniel Day Lewis is a Boss.

  Boob'd
• GOONx19

  

  justincredible;996204 wrote:Oh, hell yeah.

  Yep.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Manhattan Buckeye;996240 wrote:Can it be worse than Indy 4?

  I recently rewatched that movie. It's so sad how just a few small changes could have improved that movie tremendously.
• Tobias Fünke

  

  Also, this movie will be great.
• gut

  Anyone else find it somewhat odd that he's trying to mimick what people THINK Lincoln sounded like?
• Laley23

  

  DDL as an Iconic President/Figure in a Biopic. This has Oscar written all over it. Cant wait.
• Mulva

  

  I wasn't aware Lincoln wore blue jeans.
  
  DDL is a boss though. Definitely looking forward to this movie.
• bases_loaded

  

  gut;996816 wrote:Anyone else find it somewhat odd that he's trying to mimick what people THINK Lincoln sounded like?

  I thought the same thing..then thought maybe I didn't know about some secret recording, then my head exploded.
• like_that

  

  DDL is the GOAT.
• dwccrew

  

  Glory Days;996250 wrote:sounds like straight to VHS to me.

  With Daniel Day-Lewis in it, it has Oscar gold written all over it, under it and around it.
• GoPens

  

  I will watch.
• gut

  Spielberg and Daniel Day Lewis....It will be nominated for at least a few awards before anyone even sees it.
• hoops23

  

  justincredible;996204 wrote:Oh, hell yeah.

  Exactly.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  dwccrew;997065 wrote:With Daniel Day-Lewis in it, it has Oscar gold written all over it, under it and around it.

  Despite DDL, Spielberg has been a turd since Saving Private Ryan.
• oberhaus

  

  Interesting tid bit.
  
  I was in Virginia for Thanksgiving with family. On Black Friday we went into Richmond to check out some historical sites (I'm a history nerd) and we literally stumbled upon a set for this movie. It was at the Virginia capitol bldg which looks a lot like the White House. On the back side, a whole facade is being built to look like the White House. A guard to the Governor's Mansion told us they were using this instead of trying to film at the actual White House. I have pics of it on my Facebook. There were also prop cannons under tarps there.
  
  I know...Cool Story Bro!
• Manhattan Buckeye

  ^^^
  
  A more interesting tidbit, DDL stayed at our house for part of the filming!
• oberhaus

  

  Manhattan Buckeye;997467 wrote:^^^
  
  A more interesting tidbit, DDL stayed at our house for part of the filming!

  
  That is more interesting if you have pics.