Jim Sheridan; Daniel Day-Lewis.Photo:Presley Ann/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
Presley Ann/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images; Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
Daniel Day-Lewisretired from acting in 2017, and one of his most prominent film collaborators says the actor has no plans to get back in front of the camera.
“He says he’s done, I keep talking to him,” Sheridan, 75, told the outlet. “I’d love to do something with him again. He’s like everybody else, he opens up the streamers and there’s seven thousand choices, none of them are good."
“Film has been moved out of the public domain into a private domain – you have a remote, you can stop it,” Sheridan added to ScreenDaily. “It’s not the same experience. It’d be great to see Daniel coming back and doing something ‘cos he’s so good.”
Jim Sheridan and Daniel Day-Lewis.Sylvain Gaboury/FilmMagic
Sylvain Gaboury/FilmMagic
Day-Lewis' representative Leslee Dartshared news of his retirementwith PEOPLE in June 2017, months before his last movie,Phantom Thread, released in theaters. He also received a Best Actor nomination at the90th Oscarsfor that movie, his sixth Academy Awards nomination total.
“Daniel Day-Lewis will no longer be working as an actor. He is immensely grateful to all of his collaborators and audiences over the many years,” Dart said at the time. “This is a private decision and neither he nor his representatives will make any further comment on this subject.”
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Day-Lewis remained notoriously private even during his acting career and is rarely seen in public in the years since he announced his retirement. Most recently, he made a surprise appearance at theNational Board of Review Awards Galain January to presentMartin Scorsesewith a best director award.
The retired actor also mingled with other stars at the event;Zac Efronshared a photo of him meeting Day-Lewis toInstagramthe following day and called theLincolnactor “someone I’ve looked up to for a long time now.”
Daniel Day-Lewis on Jan. 11, 2024.Nina Westervelt/WWD via Getty Images
Nina Westervelt/WWD via Getty Images
“I’m grateful to the National Board of Review for so justly recognizing the supreme, inimitable artistry of this mighty man,” Day-Lewis said in a speech at the January event, while recognizing Scorsese, with whom he worked onThe Age of Innocence(1993) andGangs of New York(2002). “To every person that works in the crucible of the imagination, he’s a living treasure. As a man and as a filmmaker, I love and revere him.”
source: people.com
