For many movie lovers, Daniel Day-Lewis is the true man with a thousand faces. The Briton is considered one of the best performers of recent times -his three Oscars, two Golden Globes and many other international awards endorse him-, and for this reason he surprised by announcing his retirement from the world of cinema in 2017, after the premiere of The invisible thread.
Six years have passed since then, four since he was last seen in public; Therefore, the latest images that have seen the light of the protagonist of In the Name of the Father have left many speechless, as he looks totally unrecognizable.
The Oscar-winning actor has been seen walking calmly through the streets of New York, and if any of his thousands of followers had come across him by chance, it is quite likely that they would not have recognized him. Dressed in a cap that revealed unusually long hair, a blue striped T-shirt, a black sweatshirt, bright canary yellow pants and sunglasses; he went completely unnoticed in the crowd.
Some images, where the actor can be seen walking quietly with his wife for almost three decades, the film director Rebecca Miller; They come after the last ones that could be captured from the protagonist of Lincoln, dating from 2019.
Oscar winner on three occasions -for My Left Foot (1989), Wells of Ambition (2007), and Lincoln (2012)-, with two Golden Globes, four BAFTAs and as many international awards in palmares; the actor decided to retire from the world of acting in 2017. It was his representative who announced to the world that the considered best actor of all time would not work as such again.
"He is immensely grateful to his teammates and the public for all these years," he assured, explaining that this withdrawal was given by a private decision of which no further details have been given.
The actor himself confessed shortly after his retirement that he did not know that The Phantom Thread was going to be his last film, but it seems that the decision could have come from his conviction that he had achieved everything possible in his career.
The actor pointed out the important need, as an artist, to "believe in the value" of the projects: "The work can be vital, even irresistible; that if the public believes it, it should be enough for me. But, lately, not has been."
