Comments by "Morgan King" (@MorganKing95) on "WatchMojo.com"
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Daniel Day-Lewis is probably the definition of "Method Acting"; you can go on forever to talk about what he's done to prepare for his roles:
- My Left Foot: Befriended several people with disabilities at Sandymount School Clinic, refused to break character, and demanded to be moved around on the set in his wheelchair and have other people feeding him. (btw, he denied that he had broken those two ribs)
- The Last of the Mohicans: went through weight training, spent lots of the time in the forest his character lived, learned how to fish, camp, hunt, make canoes, and skin animals. He also never went anywhere without his rifle.
- In the name of the father: kept his Northern Irish accent the whole time, lost weight, spent lots of time in a prison cell, and insisted that the crew would throw cold water at him and verbally abuse him
- The boxer: spent three years at learning to box
- Gangs of New York: Always spoke with his New York accent, became a butcher apprentice, listened to music by Eminem, and hired circus people to teach him how to handle his butcher knife and throw daggers. He also became sick during production because he refused to wear a warm coat since it was not from the 19th century.
- There will be blood: spent one year at researching his role where he learned how to drill for oil.
- Lincoln: read over 100 books on Abraham Lincoln, demanded to be referred to as "Mr. President", wrote messages to Sally Field in "Lincoln" style, and refused to let the English cast members speak to him with their own accents.
Daniel Day-Lewis is indeed one of the greatest and most acclaimed actors of his generation, but I'm not very sure if I want to be on the same set with him or live with him; I'd prefer to be with someone who can be completely in character on set, and then turn it off when we're not on set
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Several people asks where Brando is on this list.
Marlon Brando is my all time favorite actor, and a big inspiration for me, but actors can't be on two decade lists, and I think he belongs to the 50's; he single-handedly revolutionized modern film acting with his performances in "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "On the Waterfront", had 5 Academy Awards nominations, and had a great influence on pop culture with his performance in "The Wild One" (both Elvis Presley and James Dean based their images on him).
It often makes me sad that almost every time people talk about Brando, they just mention his performance in "The Godfather" (sometimes also "Apocalypse Now"). Don't get me wrong, I think those performances are great, but it isn't just because of "The Godfather" that he's considered to be one of the greatest and most influential actors of all time, and I believe that if you want to consider yourself a true Brando fan, then you should also appreciate his performances in the 50's.
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+The Golden Boy
Oh the ignorance; NWA was hugely influenced by Beastie Boys, Run-D.M.C, Rakim, and especially Ice-T and Public Enemy, so can you really call them unique? And in terms of laying the foundation for 90's Hip-Hop, then Grandmaster Flash, LL Cool J, Sugarhill Gang, Slick Rick, Big Daddy Kane, and Kool G Rap had way more influence
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