10 Movie Roles That Seriously Screwed Up Actors

You already knew when you clicked on this list that he had to make at least one appearance, and we here at WhatCulture wouldn’t want to disappoint. It’s almost impossible to tell which of actor Daniel Day-Lewis’ performances was the most crazy-committed.

For The Last of the Mohicans, he built an actual canoe and lived in the wilderness in order to embody his character. While playing cerebral-palsy-afflicted Irish artist Christy Brown, Day-Lewis learned to write with his foot and never left his wheelchair for the duration of the shoot, netting himself a Best Actor Oscar for his troubles.

What could possibly top this sort of commitment?

Well, it’s not an easy feat, but neither was what the actor put himself through for In the Name of the Father. Playing wrongly accused and imprisoned Irishman Gerry Conlon, Day Lewis lost a whopping fifty pounds before voluntarily spending two days and sleepless nights in solitary confinement and nine hours being interrogated by a pair of real special branch cops.

The commitment paid off with another Oscar nod, one of many throughout his illustrious screen career.