Daniel Day-Lewis' Italian job

23 November 2008

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Daniel Day-Lewis can't stop speaking in an Italian accent.

The Oscar-winning actor - renowned for his love of method acting, where he refuses to come out of character in between scenes - has reportedly been amusing co-stars Nicole Kidman, Sophia Loren and Penelope Cruz with his constant accent on the set of musical movie 'Nine'.

A source close to Irish star Daniel, who plays director Guido Contini in the new film, said: "He's always waving his arms and telling the chef to whip up some pasta!"

He's always waving his arms and telling the chef to whip up some pasta!Daniel recently revealed he is sick of people misrepresenting his acting methods

Daniel recently revealed he is sick of people misrepresenting his acting methods.

He said: "People think I'm into some form of sophisticated sadomasochism most of the time, but that's not my experience at all. It is a thoroughly joyful thing to work.

"If you are trying to imagine a world, you use whatever means you can to stimulate the imagination. That's the basis of method acting."

Daniel famously learned to lower the needle of a gramophone onto a record with his feet for his role as cerebral palsy sufferer Christy Brown - who could only move his left foot - in 'My Left Foot'.

The actor - who won the Best Actor Oscar for his portrayal of Brown - also lived in a forest to prepare for 'Last of the Mohicans' and locked himself up and was hosed down with freezing cold water to prepare for his role as a wrongly imprisoned terrorist in the movie 'In The Name Of The Father'.

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