Daniel Day-Lewis is one of the most celebrated actors of our time, scoring three Oscars over the course of his four-decade-long career.
While the 66-year-old retired from the profession back in 2017, is there a possibility he could make a grand return?
Not a chance.
Director Jim Sheridan — who worked with the Irish performer on films such as “My Left Foot,” “In the Name of the Father” and “The Boxer” — has revealed that Day-Lewis is done with Hollywood for good.
The filmmaker, 75, recently told ScreenDaily that he desired to work with the “Lincoln” star again.
“He says he’s done, I keep talking to him,” Sheridan said. “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 went on. “It’s not the same experience. It’d be great to see Daniel coming back and doing something ‘cos he’s so good.”
Day-Lewis’ final movie was Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2017 historical drama “Phantom Thread.” The flick garnered Day-Lewis a nomination for Best Actor at the 90th Academy Awards.
Just before the movie was released, the “Last of the Mohicans” actor’s rep Leslee Dart released a statement regarding his stepping away from show business.
“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. “This is a private decision and neither he nor his representatives will make any further comment on this subject.”
Earlier this year, he made a surprise appearance in Manhattan to present Martin Scorsese with the award for best director at the National Board of Review Awards.
“I was a teenager when I discovered Martin’s work,” Day-Lewis said at the time. “With a light of his own making he illuminated unknown worlds that pulsed with a dangerous, irresistible energy — worlds that were mysterious to me and utterly enthralling.”
“He illuminated the vast beautiful landscape of what is possible in film and he clarified for me what it is that one must ask of one self to work in faith,” he gushed over the “Killers of the Flower Moon” director, 81.
Day-Lewis starred in Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York” in 2002 and “The Age of Innocence” in 1993.
Last May, photos of the reclusive A-lister emerged, looking unrecognizable while doing errands around the Big Apple.
He was spotted using his trusty old flip-phone while walking around town in his first public appearance in four years.
