Tommy Lee Jones is niet iemand die snel van iets onder de indruk raakt. Toch heeft hij zich onlangs lyrisch uitgelaten over Daniel Day-Lewis, zijn co-ster in Steven Spielbergs Lincoln. Volgens Jones heeft niemand Abraham Lincoln ooit zo goed neergezet als Day-Lewis momenteel doet. Jones, die zelf Thaddeus Stevens speelt, zei het volgende:
I dont think Daniel ever loses himself but I dont think President Lincoln has ever been portrayed as well. Hes read his history, hes read his books Daniel has and his Lincoln is a country boy who also happens to be a brilliant lawyer and a poet. This is not a Lincoln thats just stepped off the dollar bill or just arisen from the Lincoln Monument. This is not the icon or the hero and hes not the joke of the old Honest Abe nonesense. This is a real man and I dont think Lincoln has ever been done as well.
Hij ging tevens in op zijn eigen personage, een relatief kleine rol waar maar drie weken aan opnames voor stonden.
The character I play is Thaddeus Stevens. He was the head of the Ways and Means Committee in the 50s. He was a Republican, which was the left side of the political spectrum in those days. He was looked upon as a radical because it was his opnion, and he was vocal about it, that no human being should be the chattel of another and that was looked upon as crazy. I loved playing Thaddeus Stevens for that reason. But also because he had a club food and alopecia. Those are exciting things for an actor who likes manners.
Lincoln staat gepland voor aankomende winter.
I dont think Daniel ever loses himself but I dont think President Lincoln has ever been portrayed as well. Hes read his history, hes read his books Daniel has and his Lincoln is a country boy who also happens to be a brilliant lawyer and a poet. This is not a Lincoln thats just stepped off the dollar bill or just arisen from the Lincoln Monument. This is not the icon or the hero and hes not the joke of the old Honest Abe nonesense. This is a real man and I dont think Lincoln has ever been done as well.
Hij ging tevens in op zijn eigen personage, een relatief kleine rol waar maar drie weken aan opnames voor stonden.
The character I play is Thaddeus Stevens. He was the head of the Ways and Means Committee in the 50s. He was a Republican, which was the left side of the political spectrum in those days. He was looked upon as a radical because it was his opnion, and he was vocal about it, that no human being should be the chattel of another and that was looked upon as crazy. I loved playing Thaddeus Stevens for that reason. But also because he had a club food and alopecia. Those are exciting things for an actor who likes manners.
Lincoln staat gepland voor aankomende winter.
