I worked at a running store and Daniel came in shopping for a christmas present for his son. I knew that he had just announced his retirement, so while helping him shop we made small talk, talking about our holiday plans and such. A few months later, he came back to the store shopping, saw me, and asked how my Christmas trip to Mexico was. It sounds silly but something minor like that realized how astute he was and thoughtful as well.
No kidding. He does a lot of long scenes packed with dialogue. I can see him working for 10 minutes and me screwing up my one word "line" at the very end of his dialogue.
I'm sure Day was really patient and nice with the kid but also I can kind of relate to the kid in a similar situation. When I was 13 I did a Student film for NYU and being my first ever film of any kind I was super nervous, not to mention the guy who played my dad was like a full-time actor IMDB the whole nine yards. You'd think it would be hard to act alongside a guy like that with no experience myself but because his acting was so good it made me so much more comfortable with lines because of how real everything he said to me felt.
Dillon Freasier holy shit is that u fr??? The one and only young HG Planiview?!?! That I crazy I’m curious how did PTA find u and how it feel working with a top 3 GOAT like Daniel Day-Lewis?!?! I would’ve been hella stoked tbh DDL probably the greatest method actor ever since Marlon Brando fr and not to mention working with one of the greatest modern day directors of our time in PTA must’ve been the experience of a lifetime tho!!
i thought it was about him failing to hand the glass to the waiter. tho i'll be honest and say i've not seen this movie so i don't know if that was scripted or not
Yeah they're just actors mate, not mythical beings with super powers, they're not the true heroes of humanity, you know? Surgeons, doctors, biologists, mathematicians, physicists or any kind of scientist, you know? the people who actually progress humanity. Fucking hell, our species is so skewed that it idolises and worships celebrity, like they're any better than anyone else.
Funny that you say that since, while filming gangs of new york, he was invited to have dinner with Martín scorsese and leo dicaprio but refused to break character. As a result a waitress got so scared of him that she even refused to go near him
Steve Taylor Obviously, that waitress wasn't a true American. And, she probably made the mistake of approaching _The_ _butcher_ empty handed. She probably even voted McGinn for sheriff.
now i think we know who is the new superman after he doesnt put his supermanclothes on in a telephonebooth anymore now he has a mobile phone to tell him where and when he can read how big he is breaking bad,like making blue meth.
Chilling. Anyone who has ever known someone with a drinking problem can feel this scene. The way Daniel Day Lewis inhabits a character is staggering. Kudos to the young actor too for really selling the wanting-to-be-anywhere-but-here awkwardness of being in public with a drunk.
We should all pay homage to that kid for never breaking character and not being scared out of his mind to be sitting next to the greatest actor alive today 😂
No one even mentioning how the kid doesn’t break character until Daniel does, at which point he busts out laughing. That’s some talent right there. Edit: some people in the replies really hate complimenting kids and really like being mean to each other so proceed at your own risk. ❤️
The contrast between the relationship of the characters vs the obvious relationship of these two actors is incredible. To go from pretend nightmare that seems so real to the genuine warmth & connection they obviously have--wow. A magical little moment in time.
the kid is a natural actor. He was dead serious the entire scene. Cameron Diaz said that after the knife scene, DDL and her were laughing hard after Scorcese said cut because "whoopsie Daisy" was not in the script.
He's had more standout performances that Welles (and more varied), and De Niro has ruined a great reputation with a lot of shocking movies. So for me, it's DDL.
@@dansmith6990 He made doing nothing look easy imho. He was a stoic only child that had an egomaniacal abusive father, it's good contrast but easy to miss the subtleties. But I can only imagine how acting in twbb would make or break you, especially as a kid!
@@Viddywe11 fair enough, you made some good points. I was only saying that the kid really didn't do much. I'm sure it wasn't easy. Let's take the kid that played young Hodor from Game of Thrones. The part where he flips out and is screaming his own name looks completely believable and was a very haunting scene, but in interviews the kid acting said he didn't think he was hard at all
Laughing isn't breaking character, per se. He's just letting off a little pressure--you can see his young costar needed that release as well. This was a very wise instinct. Because, afterall, the movie needs to get made, and people need to feel safe, and be able to work with him. If Daniel Plainview was literally, actually, present on set for every moment... the movie wouldn't get made.
I disagree respectively. First... laughing during a scene when its not part of the scene is definitely breaking character and here I believe it was just that... a laugh. I don't think that was a strategy based on instinct to ease pressure while on set. That would be a bad strategy especially when the idea is to get the movie done, as you say. How many times have we seen a laugh like that in the blooper reel and it just becomes a repeat every take at that same time between the actor or actors... many times. That would be a waste of time, when you wat to get the movie done.
He didnt break the character. He stops acting after the "cut" and then only. I would never call it breaking, breaking would be if he stopped acting during a shot. He's rock solid.
@@sdk4073 Well technically he did, just after "cut" Lewis is know for method acting, where he basically never breaks character on or off set until the end of filming. So 'technically' did break character. Go be a smart ass elsewhere
When they called him Daniel I was so confused for a second (haven't seen the film so I didn't know that was his name), for a moment I thought it was just Daniel Day Lewis having lunch on set with some kid while harassing his coworkers in character.
I don't get that scene. It's not a sin to abandon your boy is it? Maybe it is, and maybe the congregation thinks it's bad, but I think Plainview hates himself for it more than anyone else could hate him for it, including god. So why does Eli make it a point to point that out, if it's not a sin, than a preacher has no jurisdiction in making him feel like shit. Except because he hates Plainview as much as Plainview hates Eli. Fuckin' great movie.
Fun fact: this is one of the two times Daniel Day-Lewis ever broke character. The other was during a one-man performance of Hamlet he enacted, when he was eight.
So I was (un)lucky to witness the third, in 1989 London, when he left the stage 20 minutes into the play, crying loud, and never, ever came back:-) And I had been a wash-up in a clumsy pub to earn for this ticket in a second row...
I met Daniel day Lewis today in the airport what a pure gentlemen he was to my daughter and me and put a little note in my passport for her. Of my choosing..the best actor on earth .
Brought a tear to my eye. That's amazing. I would be absolutely humbled if I had the privilege of meeting - arguably - the finest actor of our generation.
A thousand times the actor George Clooney is but Clooney would be surrounded by photogs and wouldn't of had time to talk to you ElyseVal4ever. If I had that note of yours from Lewis and a personally autographed picture of Clooney, it's Clooney's picture going into the wastebasket and Lewis's note I'm keeping in a scrapbook.
Daniel Day Lewis is known for staying in character. He used to go to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He’s an absolute pro. Breaking character is probably a light relief once in a while. This is one of the most intense roles he’s ever played. Great insight. What a great clip. Thanks
This is so great! I love the reaction of the actor playing his son. He is fantastic throughout this film. Especially considering who he has to share most of his scenes with! But this little exchange here is just awesome! When he sees DDL break character, probably for the first & only time during the filming of this movie, it's almost like he has this huge sense of relief. Any & all of his nervousness seemed to just fade away and he knew that going forward there was nothing to be nervous about. He and DDL were on the same page.
Well if there's a movie over heeeer. And a movie over theeeer. Then Daniel Day Lewis'es straw will go to the first move. But it will also go all the way over theeer and into the other move. Daniel Day Lewis drinks your sequel!
+Hughes Robert The film was incredibly directed, the cinematography was breath taking, The acting was phenomenal and it has probably the best screenplay of this century so far. What do you mean it barely made sense? It isn't complicated at all and it wasn't hard to follow lol. if you're referring to the story well story isn't the only thing that makes a film good, It's one of the many things that make one good. Paul Thomas Anderson's films aren't really known for there stories they're known to be about the characters more than anything, just look at Boogie Nights(my favorite of his) and Magnolia those both had good stories but the strongest aspect were the characters and There Will Be Blood is the epitome of a character driven story, the film wasn't about the oil it was about Daniel Plainview and his decent into Hatred and madness.
+Hughes Robert Well, judging by your picture and your grammar, you seem to be a very simple, unintelligent person. You should probably just stick with watching mindless action movies, sir.
+Hughes Robert If you weren't able to understand it you really, really need some professional assistance. It seriously was not complicated or nonsensical in the slightest.
+Jarod Smith i'll have u know good sir, that +Hughes Robert is one of the brightest cinematic minds of the 21st century. Some have even referred to him as 'the voice of our generation'.
A giggle after the director yells "cut" is not breaking character. Dissolving into hysterical tears when you're playing Hamlet and chasing the ghost off the stage - THAT is breaking character. Which Day Lewis did.
Although apparently in that case, he was more or less "experiencing" something similar to what the character Hamlet was, so in a way, his method acting, even when it's uncalled for or embarrassing, is never really diminished by "mistakes" like that.
DarkCyberElf (Mylon Requiem) Who said it was? I think it's amazing, and I wish I could have been there. Regardless, it IS breaking character - which this clip isn't. That's my point.
Serai3 It wasn't breaking character. He was so 'in' the character that he did that. It was more breaking script, or stuffing around the performance. But it wasn't breaking character. Him laughing (as himself), is breaking character.
priceless1995 The character exists in the script. If, while portraying the character, an actor fails to follow the script, then he has gotten something wrong with the character, and is thus breaking character.
Notice how Anderson just let him ad lib as long as he wanted to? That's how you get magic out of Daniel Day-Lewis, let him do that character day in, day out and record him the whole time.
When you have an actor like Daniel Day-Lewis, who is famous for extending scenes, mixed with an auteur like PTA, you actually budget for extra time it will take to film scenes. Also, it's not as if DDL needs many takes to get a scene right, which is why you let him keep going.
He looks so much like my older brother, it's insane. Watching this and "My Left Foot" just mesmerizes me, moreso, as my brother had cerebral palsy. What a gifted, humble man this is.
I had never seen this movie until about 6 months ago and now it’s in my top 3 favorites. Blessed are we to be alive at the same time as DDL so that we could witness his greatness on screen. I don’t know another actor who could captivate a character in the way that he does. Amazing movie. And props to the kid for being so in tune with him!!
That's the genius of D.D.L. He is so committed to the part that even when he breaks character, you still wouldn't know it unless somebody told you he did.
Who the hell cares about the Joker? Some of you see a great actor and the best you can think of is that he would make a great Joker? Maybe, just maybe, it's time to step outside your bubble of superhero entertainment and see what else is out there...
You know, it is possible to appreciate the cinematic artworks of "There Will Be Blood" and still feel that Daniel Day Lewis could play an excellent Joker.
Daniel Day Lewis is so good. I am pretty sure he built a time machine, went back to the early 1900s, started an oil company, came back and saw the script and said, "Hey, i just did this yesterday. This should be easy".
I just cannot stop watching this. Brings back memories when my dad used to bring me into bars as a kid and he would get hammered and him and his friends would start shit. He even had that mustache and I looked exactly like that kid sitting there uncomfortable as hell.
That's wild dude. I knew this hold pirate that I can't describe to anyone except in one way. He drank a 26 a day on the reg when playing light and was. ..Picture a black haired Louis CK/jabba the hut cross who could only smile and make fun of all things believed. An utter savage of guy. Looked Like Louis except bigger stronger and Black like the blackest pirate in your head. Guy was a Laugh out of hell.
Not at all. DDL can be quite hammy when he's not brilliant, and the other two have their moments of both. Di Caprio might be the lightest of that trio, but he is highly skilled. What they all do is well above what most can do.
Has no one seen Leo in What’s eating Gilbert Grape or what? They all put out amazing pieces of work. We could enjoy them all. There’s a way to compliment an actor without criticizing others.
Glassy-eyed and gruff. My poetry teacher had the same look about him; you could never tell if he wanted to hug you or stab you in the neck with a fork.
Imagine if the actor was Daniel Plainview and that he was making a movie about Daniel Day-Lewis. Imagine what kind of hell the whole movie crew would go through lol.
The actor who was cast to play Eli filmed some scenes in There Will Be Blood with DDL. He was intimated and scared acting wtih DLL, and was fired. Paul Dano who was originally cast only to play Eli's brother Paul, was then told to also take over the Eli part (I assume as identical twins). He literally had a few days to learn a MASSIVE amount of dialogue. He should have won best supporting actor. Two of the best performances in movie history
This is one of the greatest performances by an actor of all time. A seriously underrated film as well. DDL is just on another level than any other actor and proves it with his performance in this film, as well as, every other film he has appeared in.
Underviewed might be a better word for it. While this is one of the greatest acting performances ever, I feel pretty confident there are a lot of ppl who have not seen or even heard of this movie for how great it is.
I love that the actor playing HW is so in tune with DDL they break almost simultaneously. God it’s easy to forget what a great movie this is. PTA is a national treasure.
Been a while since Day-Lewis has played a role that wasn't a little over the top. There is always a special voice and exaggerated traits to his characters. I'd like to see him do something subtle.
Matthew Britzius Also see the Boxer...You couldn't get more "everyman type' than the quiet Danny in that film. And I also don't see how Lincoln is at all an OTT performance. LIke I said, he's idiosyncratic like the real lincoln was (with his high pitched voice and stiff legged walk) but he plays Lincoln in an understated way which is pretty hard to do considering Lincoln had such odd characteristics in real life. I know because I read up on Mr. Lincoln quite a bit before the film came out. DDL has proved he can play regular guys. Humanizing an iconic character is just as hard if not harder. Plus, even his everymen have accents different than his own. Now, to say that it would be nice to see him play a character who sounds like himself,,,that I understand. But accent or no accent, funny walk or no funny walk--subtlety and/or theatricality have little to do with those characteristics. You can overplay an 'everyman' as well if you choose to.
You should watch him in Nine. The film itself isn't anything special, but the actors in it give good performances and Day-Lewis does it very well - plays an Italian director having a mid-life crisis and compared to his other roles it's very toned down. (there's also a few songs in it, if you're into that sort of thing...)
when you act with really great actors it's crazy because you can't tell when they are acting and when they aren't. Sometimes you think they are actually talking to you but they are still in the scene. It's a weird feeling and hard to explain unless you've experienced it. It's so fun but also freaky.
Daniel Day-Lewis doesn't break characters, he's just giving the character a break.
ziqian tan lmfao i love this.
+ziqian tan Now that's a fucking comment.
Lol
top comment!
Comment of the decade
I worked at a running store and Daniel came in shopping for a christmas present for his son. I knew that he had just announced his retirement, so while helping him shop we made small talk, talking about our holiday plans and such. A few months later, he came back to the store shopping, saw me, and asked how my Christmas trip to Mexico was. It sounds silly but something minor like that realized how astute he was and thoughtful as well.
All the greatest actors have mastered the art of self and mindfulness. Homeboy cares man
How was the trip?
I suggest you hit Oaxaca and inside of the 20th of November Mercado they sell ice cream treats. You can get a milkshake.
Faaaaaakkkkeeeeee
@@Etabobable You sound fat and lonely.
This man's retirement from the movie industry is a tragedy
The current state of the movie industry is a tragedy.
BS. The man gave us a lot. Let's just enjoy the art he created.
His talent is needed to continue to keep the integrity for the up and coming
Tragedy for whom?
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I’d be terrified to work with DDL as a full grown man. That kid is an absolute champ.
No kidding. He does a lot of long scenes packed with dialogue. I can see him working for 10 minutes and me screwing up my one word "line" at the very end of his dialogue.
After every scene I would ask him "are you really mad at me? I can't tell."
I'm sure Day was really patient and nice with the kid but also I can kind of relate to the kid in a similar situation. When I was 13 I did a Student film for NYU and being my first ever film of any kind I was super nervous, not to mention the guy who played my dad was like a full-time actor IMDB the whole nine yards. You'd think it would be hard to act alongside a guy like that with no experience myself but because his acting was so good it made me so much more comfortable with lines because of how real everything he said to me felt.
DDL ? Jesus Christ people just abbreviate everything nowadays. I'm gonna say it like this instead....JCPJAEN...loll.
You're a pu$$y. He's great at his job,so what. He's really good at pretending. So what. Pu$$y!
I thought he only breaks character once every five years when it's time to get an oscar.
Nope. Getting an Oscar every five years is quite within character for him.
Nice.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂👍
Also retired to give other actors a chance! :)
He doesn't break character until he's done the dvd commentary
I understood that reference :)
Tropic thunder
Ain’t no cell phones in 69’, I’m head to toe legitimate.
SURVIVE!!
Pump your brakes kid! That man's a national treasure
If Daniel Day Lewis had done A Beautiful Mind he wouldn't have won an Oscar... They would have given him a Nobel Prize in Economics.
BWHAHAHA! Agreed!
@Joseph Chambers yes, you are right, there's only The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
Gabriel Nogueira Tindó well maybe there would become a new Nobel prize award category just for him! Or quite possibly a Lewis Category!
Facts
An excellent observation. I think he would have been quite a bit darker than Crowe, though.
He is the most charismatically intimidating actor to have ever lived.
I absolutely agree......
Absolutely. It's a shame how under-prepared that one other actor in Gangs of New York was, bc he was absolutely menacing!
Which actor / character ?
Marlon Brando
Him and Brando
Tell you what. That young lad will never forget working on that film.
Trevor Hale absolutely right🙏
I read your comment in Hank Hills voice lmao
He never acted again
Seitz isRight neva eva again
Dillon Freasier holy shit is that u fr??? The one and only young HG Planiview?!?! That I crazy I’m curious how did PTA find u and how it feel working with a top 3 GOAT like Daniel Day-Lewis?!?! I would’ve been hella stoked tbh DDL probably the greatest method actor ever since Marlon Brando fr and not to mention working with one of the greatest modern day directors of our time in PTA must’ve been the experience of a lifetime tho!!
Daniel day Lewis looks like he wasn't born in this century
+RBGUERILLA He wasn't.
+RBGUERILLA He wasn't even born in this millenium XD
Lol
+RBGUERILLA Yeah, he was born in the 20th Century, not this one.
+RBGUERILLA its the stache
Such an incredible actor that I couldn’t even tell when or why he broke character
I mean he cracked a smile for like 1 second, i'm not sure that really counts...
It's only at the end where he laughs. The kid breaks at the same moment.
It looks like there was a fly buzzing around DDL's head. Maybe that made him laugh?
i thought it was about him failing to hand the glass to the waiter. tho i'll be honest and say i've not seen this movie so i don't know if that was scripted or not
@B. Lukee l think his name was Daniel too in the movie
Kid learnt more about acting in a 2 minute scene than 6 years of drama school will ever teach him. Master craftsman at work.
apparently it was the kid’s first acting gig! (as per a commenter lol) imagine having this listed as first on your resume😭😭😭
He died.
who takes 6 years to get through damn drama school????
The greatest of our generation.
Yeah they're just actors mate, not mythical beings with super powers, they're not the true heroes of humanity, you know? Surgeons, doctors, biologists, mathematicians, physicists or any kind of scientist, you know? the people who actually progress humanity.
Fucking hell, our species is so skewed that it idolises and worships celebrity, like they're any better than anyone else.
He broke character for literally less than half a second lol
It was worth it to catch a fleeting glimpse of the legend as himself.
Where did he break character??
Alaia Williams
he laughed at the end
***** Yeah what a prick.
***** Not to mention the research and training he does to prepare for each role.
I wish Daniel Day Lewis would dress up like this again and then go to restaurants to troll random people with this character. It would be pure gold!
Somebody like me will knock his knickers off with an elbow dash to his jaw
+Freddy Krueger oh you're hard
+EpicFleshTime Well, he's Freddy - even if you knock his knickers off, he'll get you in your dreams.
Funny that you say that since, while filming gangs of new york, he was invited to have dinner with Martín scorsese and leo dicaprio but refused to break character. As a result a waitress got so scared of him that she even refused to go near him
Steve Taylor Obviously, that waitress wasn't a true American. And, she probably made the mistake of approaching _The_ _butcher_ empty handed. She probably even voted McGinn for sheriff.
One of the finest performances in all of cinema. Staggering. He's a titan among actors.
Supporting actors have this. Watch the carriage scene in the end of Ballad of Buster Skuggs by the Coen's.
@@sclogse1 no
My Left Foot is HIS greatest performance IMO
I'd have to agree. Out of everything he's done, this is far and away his best.
It's so fantastic, I was in shock the whole movie. It's not really my kind of movie but it's so incredible that I have to watch it anyway.
He is an amazing actor. The entire movie I was on edge because he seemed capable of anything at any moment
now i think we know who is the new superman after he doesnt put his supermanclothes on in a telephonebooth anymore now he has a mobile phone to tell him where and when he can read how big he is breaking bad,like making blue meth.
@@danandersen813 wut
@@TheJayson8899 WTF?ARE YOU TRYING TOI BE A BASTARD;BSASTARD?IVE HAD ENOUGH!
@@TheJayson8899 fuck off,why dont ya?I dont care the least about your shit!You aint funny!
@@TheJayson8899 youre overprotected,i cant get a right to answer,what a fuckin kindergarten!!!
Chilling. Anyone who has ever known someone with a drinking problem can feel this scene. The way Daniel Day Lewis inhabits a character is staggering. Kudos to the young actor too for really selling the wanting-to-be-anywhere-but-here awkwardness of being in public with a drunk.
Matt Pope
So true. There are scenes in that movie where DDL reminds me of my father so much that it is eerie.
Interesting insight , thanks Guys
This relevant for groups of Adult children of alcoholics and dysfunctional families ACOA the tension and paralysed fear in the child feels real
As a son of an alcoholic father, watching that scene in the movie was a rollercoaster of emotions!
My dad has been an alcoholic all his life and I can see a little bit of Daniel in my father.
We should all pay homage to that kid for never breaking character and not being scared out of his mind to be sitting next to the greatest actor alive today 😂
The greatest actor alive today is Seth Rogen.
@@Elgar337 ong
is he the greatest actor though? not to play devils advocate but hes very very good and an amazing character actor but not sure hes the best
@@mickeygoldmill3852 best ever, maybe not but he's damn good. I've not seen one single movie of his that I didn't completely believe his character.
@@Elgar337 I literally laughed out loud at that.
No one even mentioning how the kid doesn’t break character until Daniel does, at which point he busts out laughing. That’s some talent right there.
Edit: some people in the replies really hate complimenting kids and really like being mean to each other so proceed at your own risk. ❤️
Probably helped get the little pro his mention at the Oscars
It’s all right, you mentioned it
He's fighting back a laugh when he spills some of the drink on the hat.
Tyler L time stamp? Poor kid I would have been cracking up haha
"Mal
4 months ago
I’m more impressed that that kid doesn’t break with DDL acting like a drunk psycho next to him
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The contrast between the relationship of the characters vs the obvious relationship of these two actors is incredible. To go from pretend nightmare that seems so real to the genuine warmth & connection they obviously have--wow. A magical little moment in time.
From thunder to tender I like to call it.
The fact that both Daniel and the kid laugh at the same time immediately after that cut I find really adorable😂
Adorable is only God.
@@macabeoThen you've never owned a labradoodle
I was going to say, the kid breaking was my favorite part.
@@JGunit Maybe god is a labradoodle.
the kid is a natural actor. He was dead serious the entire scene. Cameron Diaz said that after the knife scene, DDL and her were laughing hard after Scorcese said cut because "whoopsie Daisy" was not in the script.
best actor of all time.
I'm guessing that your mom is the only one who's seen your acting
this must be true
He's great but let's not get carried away lol. He's no Orson Welles or De Niro.
He's had more standout performances that Welles (and more varied), and De Niro has ruined a great reputation with a lot of shocking movies. So for me, it's DDL.
***** DDL all the way. The man is a genius.
the kid did well not to go when the fly first started to annoy him.
@Mick Langley you are the Pan said Peter
Yeah weird to think he never acted again
@@bluesky5384 why is it weird? He didn't really do anything the entire movie.
@@dansmith6990 He made doing nothing look easy imho. He was a stoic only child that had an egomaniacal abusive father, it's good contrast but easy to miss the subtleties. But I can only imagine how acting in twbb would make or break you, especially as a kid!
@@Viddywe11 fair enough, you made some good points. I was only saying that the kid really didn't do much. I'm sure it wasn't easy.
Let's take the kid that played young Hodor from Game of Thrones. The part where he flips out and is screaming his own name looks completely believable and was a very haunting scene, but in interviews the kid acting said he didn't think he was hard at all
4.2 million people are here just to make sure that he really got out of the character for a second.
The director: this is looks good let’s keep it.
Daniel: No
Director: ok
“Good, good, got it, great, good”
Why just give my man PTA a director
Lmfao
@@shirleysonsproductions6187 DDL should have played electro
@Ford Liby Mark Webb?
it's scary how good he is.
ppl have been better than him, just saying ,
aman gajraj name 5
they say that about them as well
it's been a year and I'm still waiting for those 5, aman...
Pretty unlikely.
Laughing isn't breaking character, per se. He's just letting off a little pressure--you can see his young costar needed that release as well. This was a very wise instinct. Because, afterall, the movie needs to get made, and people need to feel safe, and be able to work with him. If Daniel Plainview was literally, actually, present on set for every moment... the movie wouldn't get made.
I disagree respectively. First... laughing during a scene when its not part of the scene is definitely breaking character and here I believe it was just that... a laugh. I don't think that was a strategy based on instinct to ease pressure while on set. That would be a bad strategy especially when the idea is to get the movie done, as you say. How many times have we seen a laugh like that in the blooper reel and it just becomes a repeat every take at that same time between the actor or actors... many times. That would be a waste of time, when you wat to get the movie done.
@@bobabooey4537 He didn't laugh during the take; the director says "cut" and then DDL slips out of character and laughs.
Yeah if actual Plainview had been there, it would have been... Bad.
He didnt break the character. He stops acting after the "cut" and then only. I would never call it breaking, breaking would be if he stopped acting during a shot. He's rock solid.
Exactly... it’s just click bait 🙄
Google method actor.
It's not clickbait.
He only stops acting once the commentaries are done.
@@BeeteeTan I wish I could give 2 thumbs up. One for understanding and two for showing it with a Tropic Thunder quote.
Well played.
@@Lewiss7423 definition of click bait mate. Said he broke character and he only did after the cut, which is normal 🤣
I’m more impressed that that kid doesn’t break with DDL acting like a drunk psycho next to him
Mal true. The boy’s character is supposed to be deaf
stirange in real life? No he isn’t. The adult version of him is though
That’s how I sat at my father’s table.
i was your 1000th like
I don't break character until I'm doing the voiceover on the DVD.
Did you get that from Robert Downey Jr? :)
Somebody's been watching Tropic Thunder.
Duh.
I just realized that Robert Downey Jr. played Daniel Plainview.
Diego McArthur what?
This film was beyond fantastic. His acting grabbed you by the throat and did not let go. Who could ever predict the ending????
Honestly I can't even tell the part he breaks character.
Me neither
Yeah it’s clickbait. It’s the one fucking second at the end. I’m not mad tho, I still enjoyed his insanely good acting.
And I think I heard a "cut" there so technically he never broke character.
@@sdk4073 Well technically he did, just after "cut"
Lewis is know for method acting, where he basically never breaks character on or off set until the end of filming. So 'technically' did break character. Go be a smart ass elsewhere
Thats just like your opinion man. Aah and while we're at it: Go fuck yourself.
When they called him Daniel I was so confused for a second (haven't seen the film so I didn't know that was his name), for a moment I thought it was just Daniel Day Lewis having lunch on set with some kid while harassing his coworkers in character.
haha yea i thought so too XD
yes, perfect interpretation. indistinguishable from reality. but, he was dressed in a 19th century suit!!
Well...you're not wrong lol
GLaD OS / I was thinking the same thing !
See! That's the kind of believability he brings to the characters! Biggest actor of all time for a reason 🙏
I thought the video was going to end with "Just kidding, Daniel Day Lewis never breaks character"
Hahaha I was thinking that too
Thank you, this made my night
This comment is precious
Hahaha same 😂
“Well take the glass” for sure wasn’t scripted. The improv’d part broke them. I love it.
How tf do you know 'for sure'
That's just speculation
Director already said cut
That was a reset.
The man is an absolute legend of an actor. A perfection of his craft... truly a gift to the film world.
You're not you when you don't have your milkshake.
"I've abandoned my boy!!"
I don't get that scene. It's not a sin to abandon your boy is it? Maybe it is, and maybe the congregation thinks it's bad, but I think Plainview hates himself for it more than anyone else could hate him for it, including god. So why does Eli make it a point to point that out, if it's not a sin, than a preacher has no jurisdiction in making him feel like shit. Except because he hates Plainview as much as Plainview hates Eli. Fuckin' great movie.
Flurban Moran Good point. Does it twist the knife a little to make Daniel feel like, although he tried to unburden himself, nothing is absolved?
Yes, he was twisting the knife, getting revenge on Daniel.
Wait a minute, is this a parody of Snickers?
Fun fact: this is one of the two times Daniel Day-Lewis ever broke character. The other was during a one-man performance of Hamlet he enacted, when he was eight.
What kind of bullshit is that
@Sol Cutta last 5 seconds
... that was when he was 28
that last sentence is the funniest thing i've read in a while, kudos
So I was (un)lucky to witness the third, in 1989 London, when he left the stage 20 minutes into the play, crying loud, and never, ever came back:-) And I had been a wash-up in a clumsy pub to earn for this ticket in a second row...
Even his outtakes are Oscar worthy.
Yeah. Him acting sort of drunk needs an award
I just watched this for the first time and it was astounding. Daniel is the greatest actor of his generation. One of the best films ever made.
Daniel Day Lewis breaks character as the character
kamlesh minetech that both makes no sense and complete sense, all at the same time.
Hes breaking the 6th wall or something.
kamlesh minetsch. That might be the best comment on this page.
I met Daniel day Lewis today in the airport what a pure gentlemen he was to my daughter and me and put a little note in my passport for her. Of my choosing..the best actor on earth .
Brought a tear to my eye. That's amazing. I would be absolutely humbled if I had the privilege of meeting - arguably - the finest actor of our generation.
A thousand times the actor George Clooney is but Clooney would be surrounded by photogs and wouldn't of had time to talk to you ElyseVal4ever. If I had that note of yours from Lewis and a personally autographed picture of Clooney, it's Clooney's picture going into the wastebasket and Lewis's note I'm keeping in a scrapbook.
Okay? Really random comparison. Clooney might not be on Daniel's level, but hes good at what he does.
Wow No sorry it is night and day comparison , George couldn’t hold up sorry
How did he get access to your passport?
Daniel Day Lewis is known for staying in character. He used to go to the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. He’s an absolute pro. Breaking character is probably a light relief once in a while. This is one of the most intense roles he’s ever played. Great insight. What a great clip. Thanks
This is so great! I love the reaction of the actor playing his son. He is fantastic throughout this film. Especially considering who he has to share most of his scenes with! But this little exchange here is just awesome! When he sees DDL break character, probably for the first & only time during the filming of this movie, it's almost like he has this huge sense of relief. Any & all of his nervousness seemed to just fade away and he knew that going forward there was nothing to be nervous about. He and DDL were on the same page.
Do you realize how man6 assumptions you made in your comment?
The only thing wrong with this film is it always feels like it's over too soon. I want more
We need _There Will Be Blood 2- The Second Coming_
ryandude713
_There Will Be More Blood- The Third Revelation_
It's the lack of a quintessential Hollywood ending that does that.
Well if there's a movie over heeeer. And a movie over theeeer. Then Daniel Day Lewis'es straw will go to the first move. But it will also go all the way over theeer and into the other move.
Daniel Day Lewis drinks your sequel!
John Doe
Daniel Day-Lewis is a fucking legend. There Will Be Blood is the best acted out movie ever.
+isaiah nguyen no the film barely made sense.
+Hughes Robert The film was incredibly directed, the cinematography was breath taking, The acting was phenomenal and it has probably the best screenplay of this century so far. What do you mean it barely made sense? It isn't complicated at all and it wasn't hard to follow lol. if you're referring to the story well story isn't the only thing that makes a film good, It's one of the many things that make one good. Paul Thomas Anderson's films aren't really known for there stories they're known to be about the characters more than anything, just look at Boogie Nights(my favorite of his) and Magnolia those both had good stories but the strongest aspect were the characters and There Will Be Blood is the epitome of a character driven story, the film wasn't about the oil it was about Daniel Plainview and his decent into Hatred and madness.
+Hughes Robert Well, judging by your picture and your grammar, you seem to be a very simple, unintelligent person. You should probably just stick with watching mindless action movies, sir.
+Hughes Robert If you weren't able to understand it you really, really need some professional assistance. It seriously was not complicated or nonsensical in the slightest.
+Jarod Smith i'll have u know good sir, that +Hughes Robert is one of the brightest cinematic minds of the 21st century. Some have even referred to him as 'the voice of our generation'.
Daniel Day-Lewis is the greatest actor of ALL TIME.
No one else even comes close
Hopkins?
@@Tony-fk1mfGood, but not on Day-Lewis level
Dwayne Johnson is the greatest actor of all time!
One of the best character actors ever. It’s too bad he retired, I looked forward to his movies.
Daniel Day-Lewis's outtakes should be labeled, "For Awards Consideration".
That’s not fair to any of the actors who are trying.
@@Seven_1865 Lol, indeed, my friend.
@@TheAutumnWind_RN4L They should just go past the selection process and go straight into the National Film Registry lol
@@CUStudioFilms 😂😂😂
A giggle after the director yells "cut" is not breaking character. Dissolving into hysterical tears when you're playing Hamlet and chasing the ghost off the stage - THAT is breaking character. Which Day Lewis did.
Although apparently in that case, he was more or less "experiencing" something similar to what the character Hamlet was, so in a way, his method acting, even when it's uncalled for or embarrassing, is never really diminished by "mistakes" like that.
DarkCyberElf (Mylon Requiem)
Who said it was? I think it's amazing, and I wish I could have been there. Regardless, it IS breaking character - which this clip isn't. That's my point.
Serai3 Yeah, I didn't really see the break in character personally either.
Serai3 It wasn't breaking character. He was so 'in' the character that he did that. It was more breaking script, or stuffing around the performance. But it wasn't breaking character. Him laughing (as himself), is breaking character.
priceless1995 The character exists in the script. If, while portraying the character, an actor fails to follow the script, then he has gotten something wrong with the character, and is thus breaking character.
Love how the waiter didn't take the glass at first because most likely that was improvised and you don't wanna be that extra who fucks a scene up.
He doesn’t read the script, the script reads him.
What does that even MEAN?
@@gesto211 mean, does that even ?
Brilliant
Stanislavsky spent years studying the Day Lewis method
Daniel day lewis breaks character and makes the scene even better than before.
Stale Whale nah you wrong for that
Alexander SomethingOrOther nah you wrong for that
Notice how Anderson just let him ad lib as long as he wanted to? That's how you get magic out of Daniel Day-Lewis, let him do that character day in, day out and record him the whole time.
on film mind you
Yeah, and take twelve year to make the fucking film. Do you have any idea how much it costs to run a movie production per hour?
It took twelve years to make the film? The filming started in 2006
When you have an actor like Daniel Day-Lewis, who is famous for extending scenes, mixed with an auteur like PTA, you actually budget for extra time it will take to film scenes. Also, it's not as if DDL needs many takes to get a scene right, which is why you let him keep going.
So... this movie doesn't hit theatre's until 2018? LOL
He looks so much like my older brother, it's insane. Watching this and "My Left Foot" just mesmerizes me, moreso, as my brother had cerebral palsy. What a gifted, humble man this is.
Beautiful film. Bless you
I had never seen this movie until about 6 months ago and now it’s in my top 3 favorites. Blessed are we to be alive at the same time as DDL so that we could witness his greatness on screen. I don’t know another actor who could captivate a character in the way that he does. Amazing movie. And props to the kid for being so in tune with him!!
Top 3 for me. Can't decide where it sits
Was that you singing in the background?
“I’m a dude playing a dude, disguised as another dude.”
That made me laught a lot
"SURVIVE!" 😆
“I don’t break character until the dvd commentary”
My favorite Forrest Gump line!
@@evanhayes5891 Topic Thunder?
I'd watch a 5hr film of him just being in character on set of his films
Ohh I would watch that too mate!
Ditto
i humbly believe that D. D. L. is one of the greatest actors of all times...
That's the genius of D.D.L. He is so committed to the part that even when he breaks character, you still wouldn't know it unless somebody told you he did.
Who the hell cares about the Joker? Some of you see a great actor and the best you can think of is that he would make a great Joker? Maybe, just maybe, it's time to step outside your bubble of superhero entertainment and see what else is out there...
***** nah that's your job.
Settle down there Louis. B. Mayer. Not all of us suck the avante garde cock of Goddard.
Thank you for this.
Yes!!!!
You know, it is possible to appreciate the cinematic artworks of "There Will Be Blood" and still feel that Daniel Day Lewis could play an excellent Joker.
Daniel Day Lewis is so good. I am pretty sure he built a time machine, went back to the early 1900s, started an oil company, came back and saw the script and said, "Hey, i just did this yesterday. This should be easy".
Watching him work like this is brain melting. He really is so bloody incredible!!
DDL was born in character.
Their smiles at the end. Priceless :)
Does anyone know why they laughed? I think the kid farted based on the reactions.
The kid laughed bc Ddl spilled from the glass then ad libbed for the waiter to take it at the end -they knew it wasn’t going in the film
Daniel Day-Lewis is a once-in-a-century actor. He melts into every role and is absolutely captivating.
overated there r dozens of actors bttr thsn him!!
@@netaji-thebritishslayer like who??
I would pay so much money to hire Daniel Day-Lewis to just walk around in character bothering strangers.
That made me laugh out loud.
fantastic idea.
Just go to the Cafe Trieste in North Beach S.F. You will be bothered. Denizens will be denizens.
Until that happens, there is always this: ruclips.net/video/HsQvAnCGxzY/видео.html
I just cannot stop watching this. Brings back memories when my dad used to bring me into bars as a kid and he would get hammered and him and his friends would start shit. He even had that mustache and I looked exactly like that kid sitting there uncomfortable as hell.
thanks for sharing such an intimate story, i cant even imagine being in this situation, hope you have a happier life now.
That's wild dude. I knew this hold pirate that I can't describe to anyone except in one way. He drank a 26 a day on the reg when playing light and was. ..Picture a black haired Louis CK/jabba the hut cross who could only smile and make fun of all things believed. An utter savage of guy. Looked Like Louis except bigger stronger and Black like the blackest pirate in your head. Guy was a Laugh out of hell.
And a smart cnt too boot. lol'
When I see any scene from this movie I don't see Daniel Day-Lewis, I only see Daniel Plainview. That's how good he is.
Oh Jesus. Is the character named Daniel, too?!
DDL makes Joaquin Phoenix and Di Caprio look like lightweights
True
Not joaquin Pheonix, but yes for Leo
Not at all. DDL can be quite hammy when he's not brilliant, and the other two have their moments of both. Di Caprio might be the lightest of that trio, but he is highly skilled. What they all do is well above what most can do.
barryschwarz so in short, they’re all fucking brilliant and serious actors
Has no one seen Leo in What’s eating Gilbert Grape or what? They all put out amazing pieces of work. We could enjoy them all. There’s a way to compliment an actor without criticizing others.
Daniel Day Lewis is the definition of what a great actor is.
The father son relationship in this movie is somehow very believable
bastard in a basket
2:09 - WELL, TAKE the glass...
He didn't break character, that's why it's so good
I am watching this at the moment and i think this is the best performance of any actor i have ever seen ive seen it a dozen times before
Such a great great actor! Amazing talent. One of my favorite!
This is like a lunar eclipse. Doesn't happen that often.
Damn.. he even breaks character in character... LEGEND
One of the - if not the - most dark and horrifying characters I’ve ever seen in a movie in my 41 years on this fine earth.
Meh, just an ordinary childish narc.
Watch gangs of New York my friend then think.
@@danielfrei6213 ah, you’re one of those people who says meh. Therefore your opinion doesn’t matter.
@mountains & Sea
Seriously? You can't have watched many films then...
@@mountainssea9642 I guess that's the www in a nutshell; a mega-archive of vapid opinions.
DD Lewis dont break character until the DVD commentary is finished. Hes head to toe legit.
Nor does Kirk Lazarus
How can this guy look so menacing and friendly
I know!!!!
Glassy-eyed and gruff. My poetry teacher had the same look about him; you could never tell if he wanted to hug you or stab you in the neck with a fork.
i wish this movie would have been an hour or two longer
Like that rancher movie from 1956, Giant
Bond,James bond...
Soo Powerful Actor. Love his Acting. Hope he will make more movies in the future.
Wow, what a card...
A card?
@@nhlaxndlovu2384 A card is a cut-up, a funny person. Not sure, but the OP may be employing irony.
For him, this was a Robin Williams level of on set cut up.
Lol
Hahaha
"Did I get a chance to introduce my associate's Daniel..." ...."No you didn't and I don't think you need to take that chance." haha
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Ohhhhh myyygooood that shit was funny af
Man I wish they would have put that line in the movie.
Brilliant line. Was that just ad-libbed?
In his meanest moments he reminds me so much of my father it is wild.
I just saw this on tv for the first time the other day, I don't normally sit down and watch a whole movie but I liked this one.
Imagine if the actor was Daniel Plainview and that he was making a movie about Daniel Day-Lewis. Imagine what kind of hell the whole movie crew would go through lol.
TAKE THE GLASS DAMMIT
I didn't realize Larry David could sing too.
Haha nice
Can't unhear it now, thanks!
The actor who was cast to play Eli filmed some scenes in There Will Be Blood with DDL. He was intimated and scared acting wtih DLL, and was fired. Paul Dano who was originally cast only to play Eli's brother Paul, was then told to also take over the Eli part (I assume as identical twins). He literally had a few days to learn a MASSIVE amount of dialogue. He should have won best supporting actor. Two of the best performances in movie history
He looks thirsty, someone get him a milkshake.
HE NEEDS SOME MILK
*I DRINK YOUR MILKSHAKE*
Wht does everyone keep talking about milkshake?
@@hamamaali3536 there's a popular scene of him in the same movie where he talks about milkshake! It's in the end, you can find it here on RUclips
This is one of the greatest performances by an actor of all time. A seriously underrated film as well. DDL is just on another level than any other actor and proves it with his performance in this film, as well as, every other film he has appeared in.
He won an oscar for the performance and the film won tons of awards including an oscar... not really under-rated
This and Lincoln are my favs of his. Hes an acting genius.
Underviewed might be a better word for it. While this is one of the greatest acting performances ever, I feel pretty confident there are a lot of ppl who have not seen or even heard of this movie for how great it is.
I get chills thinking of how good he is at acting, insane.
This dude is an amazing, amazing actor 💜👏
I love that the actor playing HW is so in tune with DDL they break almost simultaneously. God it’s easy to forget what a great movie this is. PTA is a national treasure.
Been a while since Day-Lewis has played a role that wasn't a little over the top. There is always a special voice and exaggerated traits to his characters. I'd like to see him do something subtle.
Was Lincoln really OTT? Iconic and idiosyncratic--Yes. But for the most part,he was subtle.
There were subtleties in the performance, but I wouldn't classify it as subtle. Just my opinion. I mean an everyman type of role.
Matthew Britzius Also see the Boxer...You couldn't get more "everyman type' than the quiet Danny in that film. And I also don't see how Lincoln is at all an OTT performance. LIke I said, he's idiosyncratic like the real lincoln was (with his high pitched voice and stiff legged walk) but he plays Lincoln in an understated way which is pretty hard to do considering Lincoln had such odd characteristics in real life. I know because I read up on Mr. Lincoln quite a bit before the film came out. DDL has proved he can play regular guys. Humanizing an iconic character is just as hard if not harder. Plus, even his everymen have accents different than his own. Now, to say that it would be nice to see him play a character who sounds like himself,,,that I understand. But accent or no accent, funny walk or no funny walk--subtlety and/or theatricality have little to do with those characteristics. You can overplay an 'everyman' as well if you choose to.
You have to watch In the Name of the Father. He gives a beautiful performance in that movie
You should watch him in Nine. The film itself isn't anything special, but the actors in it give good performances and Day-Lewis does it very well - plays an Italian director having a mid-life crisis and compared to his other roles it's very toned down. (there's also a few songs in it, if you're into that sort of thing...)
Not many actors have the power to make u feel uncomfortable watching a scene! like your eating beside them watching it for real!what a talent!
My favorite Performance along with The Butcher. This man is a true artist
when you act with really great actors it's crazy because you can't tell when they are acting and when they aren't. Sometimes you think they are actually talking to you but they are still in the scene. It's a weird feeling and hard to explain unless you've experienced it. It's so fun but also freaky.