Daniel Day-Lewis on Which 1 of His Oscar-Winning Movies Couldn’t Be Made in 2025

Actor Daniel Day-Lewis has commented on which one of his Oscar-winning movies couldn’t be made today.

Day-Lewis has won the Best Actor Academy Award three times throughout his career, the accolade being given to him for his performances in 1990’s My Left Foot, 2008’s There Will Be Blood, and 2013’s Lincoln. He was nominated for the award three other times for 1994’s In the Name of the Father, 2003’s Gangs of New York, and 2018’s Phantom Thread.

While retired from acting following Phantom Thread, Day-Lewis recently returned to co-write Anemone with his son, Ronan Day-Lewis, in which Daniel also stars. That movie is currently playing in United States theaters.

What Daniel Day-Lewis movie couldn’t be made in 2025?

Speaking with British critic Mark Kermode during a recent Q&A session surrounding the London Film Festival, via Deadline, Day-Lewis said that My Left Foot certainly would “not be able” to be made today, as it was “already questionable” playing a person with cerebral palsy at the time.

In order to prepare for that role, Day-Lewis said that he received help from some young disabled people from a clinic in Dublin.

“They made it clear to me that they didn’t think I should be doing it,” Day-Lewis said. “I said, ‘Well, I understand what you’re saying, but I do think it’s an important story,’ and at this time, it could possibly get made if I do it. It was a fairly flimsy justification for doing something that I just wanted to do.”

Directed by Jim Sheridan, My Left Foot is based on a 1954 memoir written by Christy Brown. Day-Lewis plays Brown in the film, while the cast also includes Brenda Fricker, Ray McAnally, Fiona Shaw, and Kirsten Sheridan. Fricker won Best Supporting Actress at the Oscars in addition to Day-Lewis’ win, while the film was also nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.

“No one expects much from Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis), a boy with cerebral palsy born into a working-class Irish family,” a description of the film reads. “Though Christy is a spastic quadriplegic and essentially paralyzed, a miraculous event occurs when, at the age of 5, he demonstrates control of his left foot by using chalk to scrawl a word on the floor. With the help of his steely mother (Brenda Fricker) — and no shortage of grit and determination — Christy overcomes his infirmity to become a painter, poet, and author.”

Source: Comingsoon.net