Daniel Day-Lewis celebrated his 67th birthday on Monday with a trip to the Big Apple.
The reclusive Oscar winner, whose last public appearance was at the National Board of Review Awards Gala in January, was spotted taking a solo stroll through Manhattan.
Wearing a smart-casual navy suit, the There Will Be Blood star kept a low profile in a baseball cap and dark-colored sunglasses.
His tattooed forearms stood out prominently in the short-sleeved shirt, accessorized with a distinctive leather collar and sturdy combat boots with chunky heels.
Although Daniel hasn’t made a film since 2017’s Phantom Thread, Jim Sheridan, director of his films My Left Foot (1989), In the Name of the Father (1993) and The Boxer (1997), recently said he would like to. to work with the Oscar winner again.
Daniel Day-Lewis celebrated his 67th birthday this Monday with an excursion to the Big Apple
The reclusive Oscar winner, whose last public appearance was at the National Board of Review Awards Gala in January, was spotted taking a solo stroll through Manhattan.
‘He says it’s over, I’m still talking to him. I would love to do something with him again,” said the Irish filmmaker about the actor’s retirement to daily screen.
“It’s like everyone else, you open the streamers and there are seven thousand options, none of them are good,” he explained.
‘The film has passed from the public domain to the private domain; you have a remote control, you can stop it. It’s not the same experience.’
However, the famous director said: “It would be great to see Daniel come back and do something because he’s so good.”
Daniel’s excursion to the Big Apple was certainly a welcome gift for his fans, as the handsome actor was photographed in public for the first time in four years back in May 2023.
However, she didn’t seem to be keeping a low profile, as her outfit was certainly eye-catching.
Wearing a bright blue tracksuit, a graffiti trucker cap and long gray hair, the star was quite a sight on the sidewalks of New York.
The method actor has not stepped foot on a red carpet since announcing his retirement in June 2017, following the premiere of Phantom Thread. ‘
Wearing a smart-casual navy suit, the There Will Be Blood star kept a low profile in a baseball cap and dark-colored sunglasses.
Although Daniel hasn’t made a film since 2017’s Phantom Thread, Jim Sheridan said he would like to work with the Oscar winner again; Daniel appears on the set of the 1997 film The Boxer with director Sheridan, who also directed My Left Foot and In The Name Of The Father.
Daniel won his first Academy Award for My Left Foot, a 1989 comedy-drama in which he played a man suffering from cerebral palsy.
A few months before the film’s scheduled release, Daniel made a dramatic announcement through a spokesperson, declaring his retirement.
“This is a private decision and neither he nor his representatives will make any further comments on this matter,” the statement concludes.
In a later interview with W.He explained that he had wanted to withdraw several times before and finally issued the announcement to force his own hand.
‘I knew it was unusual to make a statement. But I did want to draw a line. I didn’t want to get caught up in another project,” she said.
“My whole life I’ve talked about how I should quit acting, and I don’t know why this time was different, but the urge to quit acting took root in me and it became a compulsion. It was something I had to do.”
With the announcement, Hollywood would lose the only actor to have won three Best Actor Oscars.
In 1989, he went home with his first statue for My Left Foot, then followed the win with a statue for 2007’s There Will Be Blood.
The legendary actor gave an Oscar-nominated performance in Paul Thomas Anderson’s 2017 film Phantom Thread (pictured) and then retired from acting entirely.
In 1989, he went home with his first statue for My Left Foot, then followed the win with a statue for 2007’s There Will Be Blood.
In 2012, Steven Spiel’s Lincoln earned Daniel his third Academy Award.
In retirement, Daniel divides his time between New York City and Annamoe, Ireland, with his wife Rebecca Miller, 61, and their children, Ronan, 25, and Cashel, 21.
Daniel also shares his son Gabriel, 28, with his ex-girlfriend, French star Isabelle Adjani.
