The greatest actor in the world, the modern Olivier, the legendary Daniel Day Lewis, was born on the night of the collision of several stars a million light years hence, their combined celestial energy bending time and space to bless his birth like a better, brighter Jesus. Hes also a notoriously picky method actor thats only performed in five films in the last seventeen years and stays in character throughout the entirety of a shoot. Thats why, in this advertisement for some form of mineral water, when he takes a handful of that clear spring water and tells us, the ghost of a smile upon his lips, that its pure in that strangely pitched, odd cadence, we believe him utterly. Who wouldnt? Hes captivating in the role. Oscar! But was it? Was it pure? Perhaps the smile was a choice, a nod to an audience familiar with his work, the deeper narratives constantly being played out in every gesture, every quirk of the eyebrow. Dear god. The water isnt pure. It isnt pure at all. Im so confused.