Sir Daniel Day-Lewis hits out at critics who ‘gob off’ about his method acting

Oscar-winning actor Sir Daniel Day-Lewis has made it clear exactly how the misrepresentation of his method acting makes him feel.

Speaking frankly in a new interview, the movie star admitted that it ‘p****s [him] off’, as it is ‘invariably attached to the idea of some kind of lunacy’.

Sir Daniel, 68, is known for using method techniques that focus on psychological and physical immersion, having lived in isolation, refused to wash, and even lost extreme amounts of weight for his jobs in the past.

For example, he’s said to have lived in a tent on a deserted Texan oil field during the making of There Will Be Blood (2007), in which he played a ruthless oil prospector in pursuit of becoming a powerful tycoon.

He’s also believed to have spent two or three days in a prison cell without food o