Daniel Day-Lewis Explains His Infamous Acting Technique

Turns out, there’s more to Method acting than just mailing rat poop to your co-stars. The infamous performance technique, in which actors get so deep into the role that they continue to stay in character after shooting has stopped, has become something of a joke recently, thanks to dumb tricks like Jared Leto harassing his Suicide Squad co-stars while playing the Joker or Jared Leto walking around in crutches while making Morbius .

However, the Method has recently been defended by the actor who made it famous—and who just might be the greatest actor of all time.

While promoting his new film Anemone , Daniel Day-Lewis was asked about the Method during an audience Q&A. “All the recent commentary in the last few years about Method acting is invariably from people who have litt