comment #1

abuseintake says ...

I love the confidence of his fashion choices; But Daniel goes from looking like the roadie from Dexi’s midnight runners to a Herb Tarlek lookalike from the Outer Hebrides.

comment #2

BurmaShave says ...

I can't help but wonder if him looking like Nosferatu during the 2002-2003 Oscar season is part of what cost him his second trophy for playing Bill. Then his whole Rasputin period. But he's his own man, I'll give him that. He doesn't have to prove anything.

comment #3

lazarus says ...

What's strange is that despite his striking features, when you look at his face it's hard to even see Bill the Butcher there, or Daniel Plainfield, or Christy Brown or Hawkeye, let alone someone "normal" like Newland Archer. He disappears into these people, and somehow even his outward appearance is transformed.

Brando had the same ability to play many different types of characters and various accents convincingly, but because of the size of his ego or personality, he seemed to absorb the roles into himself instead of the other way around, and so when you look at Brando's face you were always able to see Don Vito, Kurtz, Jor-El, Skye Masterson, Stanley Kowalski, etc. It's perhaps a testament to his somewhat superior, and unparalleled talent that this legion can all exist so easily inside one man, whereas with Day-Lewis it seems like very, very hard work.

comment #4

corey3rd says ...

he's coaching in the ABA

comment #5

Craig Kennedy says ...

Lazarus "He disappears into these people, and somehow even his outward appearance is transformed."

My thoughts exactly. It's especially striking with monsters like Bill and Plainview but it's no less true of his other characters.

13 bonus points to Abuseintake for the dual Dexy/Herb Tarlek reference.

comment #6

George Prager says ...

He's wearing a get-up that would make Cecil Vyse blush.

comment #7

nemo says ...

That plaid fashion sense extends across the Irish Sea to rural Wales.

In Chicago Jesuit high school in late 60s and early 70s I was required to wear a suit and tie to school. My fashion guide was a dust jacket photograph of Dylan Thomas wearing three aggressively clashing plaids in his suit, shirt, and neck tie. I frequently emulated that look. It gave me a giddy high just looking in the mirror.

comment #8

lazarus says ...

It must be killing Ian Sinclair not to be able to make a disparaging comment about the Irish with this kind of bait.

comment #9

malibugigolo says ...

Looks like something you'd get at Abercrombie & Fitch back when it was a real store with things you could use and people that weren't complete idiots.

I like it.

comment #10

Bocephus says ...

"But Daniel goes from looking like the roadie from Dexi’s midnight runners to a Herb Tarlek lookalike from the Outer Hebrides."

Who let Dennis Miller in here!

comment #11

Mario Borroto says ...

"It's perhaps a testament to his somewhat superior, and unparalleled talent that this legion can all exist so easily inside one man, whereas with Day-Lewis it seems like very, very hard work."

You assume far too much Lazarus. Daniel Day-Lewis easily ranks next to Brando in regards to his talent and diversity. The fact that it seems like very hard work (to some) is merely a product of how he chooses to work. I have never once heard him say that acting is difficult and he requires that level of immersion to function at all. He dislikes having to do it, but he has never claimed it was difficult. I commend you for being able to take note of Brando's incredible diversity, a fact that many people accuse him of lacking. However, you really missed the mark in that last comment.