Daniel Day-Lewis was named best actor at the Academy Awards for his performance in oil prospecting drama There Will Be Blood.
The star collected his award from Dame Helen Mirren, and joked about her performance in the Queen.
“This is the closest I’ll ever come to getting a knighthood,” he said.
Tilda Swinton was the UK’s other big winner, taking best supporting actress for her role in Michael Clayton.
But it was the Coen Brothers’ No Country For Old Men that won the night’s main prizes - best film and best director.
Full reports on the big night in Monday’s Express & Star.
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Congrats to the above !!!
Interesting - I wrote a book about the British [Lye] born Hollywood actor Sir Cedric Hardwicke in 2006 and one of the films he starred in was called TYCOON alongside John Wayne, during the late 1940’s. In this film Sir Cedric also plays a ruthless Oil Baron.
The films story plot is good but Sir Cedric is not believable in his role because of his quintessential Britishness throughout. Quite a few American film buffs have told me this in correspondences for my book, regarding this fact.
I hear and read that in the above film THERE WILL BE BLOOD Daniel Day Lewis is totally believable in his role in every way because he becomes the character which is quintessentially American. This in many respects is how acting and film making has changed since the heady days of Hollywood - and for the good also.
Sir Cedric Hardwicke was one of the British set of actors alongside Charles Laughton,
Leslie Howard and West Broms Madeleine Carroll, etc. who chose to pursue their careers in the new Hollywood during the 1930’s. Pioneers in a way one could say.
Brits going to Hollywood to make their name is nothing new !!!
Dear Mr Payne.
Thank you for your shameless plug.
Mr T.
Not a plug Mr T - My book was written in 2006 and is unpublished and non-commercial. One copy only in Lye Library.
No skin off my nose matey !!!!