I have been doing this Series on "Method Acting" in Parts to do justice to my time & actor's effort that has been spent on this ART.
The list of actors that I will include will be based on the movies that I watched till now & in this lockdown, I got plenty of time apart from my work to watch few movies & did spent it well on some reasonable movies. I came across such tremendous performances by a few actors, It literally gave me goosebumps to think that they are doing it on camera, It's just unbelievable.
So the first actor I want to include in this list is "Daniel Day Lewis"
Daniel Day Lewis
Short Intro:
He is a Retired English actor, born on 29th April 1957 in London. His full name is Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis. His first movie was "Sunday Bloody Sunday" which was released in 1971 & his last movie was "Phantom Thread" which released in 2017. He did act on a few television shows & had done theatre also in his early days. He is known for his on-screen ferocity & for his exhaustive preparation for roles. An Actor one of a Kind.
Notable Acting Performances:
1) My Left foot(1989)
2) There will be Blood(2007)
3) Gangs of New York(2002)
4) Age of Innocence(1993)
5) Lincoln(2012)
Few Astonishing Facts about him:
1) He is a complete Private Man, He is very protective of his private life, Daniel Day-Lewis rarely gives interviews & makes very few public appearances.
2) He is one of the very few actors in the film industry who are very selective in doing films. He has acted in only 5 films since 1998 up to 2017 taking a gap of 5 years between each role.
3) He is the only male actor to win three Oscars in the Best Actor Category. He won Best Actor for:
----My Left Foot in 1989
----There will be Blood in 2007
----Lincoln in 2012
4) He is widely recognized as Method Actor, due to this devotion to the character that he is playing in the movie, His devotion is so intense to the point, that it affects his health adversely.
5) Being a rich Jewish, he is often bullied in his childhood & To escape from that he soon mastered the local accent & their discipline. He regards that as his first greatest performance of his life.
6) He is transferred to three different schools in a short duration owing to his wild behavior.
7) Several times he was offered the role of Aragorn in the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy but he turned it down.
8) For the character "Bill- The Butcher" in the movie "Gangs of New York", he listened to songs of Eminem to get into an Angry frame of mind.
9) For his role in "There Will be Blood", he not only receives Oscar, but he has won a cumulative total of 23 acting awards.
10) He Learned a completely different language i.e Czech for his role in "The Unbearable Lightness of Being"
Do watch the below Video for the Most Surprising Fact about Daniel Day-Lewis
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Al Pacino
Short Intro:
His full name is "Alfredo James Pacino", He is born in New York, USA on 25th April 1940. He is an American actor best known for his vigorous, explosive acting style.
He also had an impressive career on stage & in the theatre as well. He made his filmmaking debut in 1996 with the movie named "Looking for Richard".
Notable Acting Performances:
1) The Godfather(1972)
2) Serpico(1973)
3) Scarface(1983)
4) Carlito's Way(1993)
5) Heat(1995)
6) Donnie Brasco (1997)
7) The Irishman (2019)
Few Stellar Facts about him:
1) He was the first actor to get nominated for Best Supporting Actor & Won an Oscar for Best Actor at the same time.
2) He Originally wanted to be a Professional Baseball Player.
3) One of his performances in Godfather I & Godfather II is often regarded as the greatest in movie history.
4) He has won Oscar only once, despite having 8 Nominations.
5) First Male actor to receive two acting nominations for two movies in the same year
- Best Actor for "Scent of a Woman"
- Best Supporting Actor for - "Glengarry Glen Ross"
6) He is one of the few actors to win the "Triple Crown of Acting" i.e. Oscar, Emmy & Tony Award, hence regarded as one of the best method actor ever.
7) He has never been married but has three children & he also has twins with actress Beverly D'Angelo in 2001, His first child was born just six months before he turned 50.
8) He dropped out of acting school, Yes you heard it right, one of the greatest method actors of our generation is a acting school drop out.
9) He turned down a part in the famous movie "The Usual Suspects" and He regrets that decision to date.
10) AL Pacino did not want to act in the gangster movie "The Godfather" & the team also does not want to work with him, except for director Francis Ford Coppola.
Do Watch the below Video for the Most Stunning Fact about Al Pacino
Stay Tuned for Part 2 :) ...!!!!
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