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Is Daniel Day-Lewis a movie star or not?
#1
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Is Daniel Day-Lewis a movie star or not?
As I said before, he was billed under Leonardo DiCaprio in Gangs of New York. As great of an actor that he is he is not a star.
Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio = star.
Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Johnny Depp, Leonardo DiCaprio = star.
#3
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Re: Is Daniel Day-Lewis a movie star or not?
Daniel Day Lewis is a movie star. He's certainly not an accountant.
What other career occupation would you designate?
You don't have to be mega-box office superstar to considered a movie star. I think he's had a successful enough career, what with his two Best Actor Oscars, leading man roles in big budget A-List films and worldwide acclaim to fit into that category.
What other career occupation would you designate?
You don't have to be mega-box office superstar to considered a movie star. I think he's had a successful enough career, what with his two Best Actor Oscars, leading man roles in big budget A-List films and worldwide acclaim to fit into that category.
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Re: Is Daniel Day-Lewis a movie star or not?
He's my favourite actor and well respected by his peers but certainly not a star. Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise are stars. It doesn't mean they have more talent than Daniel Day Lewis (quite the reverse) but they would have an easier time filling a movie theater than Daniel Day Lewis.
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If you have to be on that level, then hardly anyone is a star. Outside of Gangs, DDL has top billing for all his movies since the late 80s. He's won major awards and is famous enough that even casual filmgoers know who he is. He's an actor that film productions are built around. That's a star in my book.
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Re: Is Daniel Day-Lewis a movie star or not?
He's my favourite actor and well respected by his peers but certainly not a star. Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise are stars. It doesn't mean they have more talent than Daniel Day Lewis (quite the reverse) but they would have an easier time filling a movie theater than Daniel Day Lewis.
If you asked any director that has worked with DDL if he was a star, would any of them say no?
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Re: Is Daniel Day-Lewis a movie star or not?
I would say he is a true thespian, an actor's actor.
He's not a 'movie star', thank goodness, we have more of those than we need.
He's not a 'movie star', thank goodness, we have more of those than we need.
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This is how I feel about him.
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Re: Is Daniel Day-Lewis a movie star or not?
If we're talking movie star like DiCaprio, Cruise, Depp, etc, then no. I don't think the average joe quite gets their panties wet when Daniel Day Lewis stars in a movie like for the former guys. But Daniel Day Lewis gets guys like us who like movies dripping wet when his name is on a movie. So, he's a movie geek's movie star.
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He's a star. Case closed.
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He's a star. Case closed.
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Re: Is Daniel Day-Lewis a movie star or not?
If you have to be on that level, then hardly anyone is a star. Outside of Gangs, DDL has top billing for all his movies since the late 80s. He's won major awards and is famous enough that even casual filmgoers know who he is. He's an actor that film productions are built around. That's a star in my book.
As a small test I just asked my girlfriend if she knew who he was. Her answer was that she vaguely knew the name but couldn't place him or name any movies he's been in.
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I'm sure Tom, Daniel and their combined 4 Oscars commiserate together over their low ranking on the celebrity totem pole.
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#24
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Re: Is Daniel Day-Lewis a movie star or not?
He's more of an actual actor than a movie star, like Sean Penn or Forrest Whitaker. I mean he's been involved in some great stuff but I don't think he chooses his roles based on how many toys and video games the movie will sell like a Will Smith, Tom Cruise, or Robert Downey, Jr.
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He's more of an actual actor than a movie star, like Sean Penn or Forrest Whitaker. I mean he's been involved in some great stuff but I don't think he chooses his roles based on how many toys and video games the movie will sell like a Will Smith, Tom Cruise, or Robert Downey, Jr.
(Yes, I'm kinda nerdy)