Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the outstanding actors of his generation. Like Robert De Niro and Christian Bale, the actor Daniel Day-Lewis1that to play a role really well you have to 2 the way the character lived. But sometimes his 3can be extreme（极端的）!For example, when he was playing a（n）4 artist in the film My Left Foot, Day-Lewis 5to leave his wheelchair. The crew 6him everywhere and fed him with a spoon… even when he wasn't 7!
In In the Name of the Father, he played Gerry Conlon, who went to 8 for a crime that he hadn't committed. Day-Lewis prepared for the 9 by spending several nights alone in a freezing prison cell. He 10crew members to throw cold water at him, even when they weren't filming, because this had happened to Gerry Conlon. In 1997, Day-Lewis 11the lead role in the film The Boxer. By the time filming started, he had been training for two 12, seven days a week!He was as 13as a professional boxer.
Other actors don't always like his 14. Day-Lewis made co-star Liam Neeson angry when they were making Gangs of New York together. He 15Neeson by his characters name, even when they were 16in the hotel after work. "I've never17anyone like him, "said one crew member. "Daniel was playing a gangster（歹徒）called Bill the Butcher（屠夫）and when he was doing a 18scene he got really angry. He was 19terrifying". He discovered later that Day-Lewis had been 20a butcher for months before filming started!
