Martin Scorsese on Working With Daniel Day Lewis: ‘Maybe There’s Time for One More’

Martin Scorsese on Working With Daniel Day Lewis: ‘Maybe There’s Time for One More’ By is hoping there might be time for him to collaborate with for one more movie. On Thursday, ’s Scorsese was presented with an award for Best Director at the National Board of Review Awards by Daniel Day Lewis.

In a video shared on Twitter by , per , Scorsese commented on his past collaborations with Day Lewis and teased that there could be time for them to make one more film together. “We did two films together,” Scorsese said. “It was one of the greatest experiences of my life, I must say. Maybe there’s time for one more.” Martin Scorsese teases doing one more film with Daniel Day Lewis.

“We did 2 films together and it’s one of the greatest experiences of my life… maybe there’s time for one more.” (Source: ) What were Scorsese and Day Lewis’ past collaborations? Scorsese and Day Lewis first worked together on 1993’s , which also starred Michelle Pfeiffer and Winona Ryder.

Day Lewis then played Bill the Butcher in 2002’s , a performance that earned him a Best Actor nomination at the 75th Academy Awards. Day Lewis announced he was retiring from acting in 2017 following his role as Reynolds Woodcock in Paul Thomas Anderson’s . This was not, however, the first time that Day Lewis retired from Hollywood, as he made a similar announcement in 1997 when he decided to take up a new profession as a shoe maker before he then returned to make Gangs of New York, There Will Be Blood, Lincoln, and a number of other films.

Scorsese also famously brought Joe Pesci out of retirement to start in 2019’s alongside Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. Speaking at the National Board of Review Awards, per , Day Lewis said of Scorsese, “I was a teenager when I discovered Martin’s work. With a light of his own making he illuminated unknown worlds that pulsed with a dangerous, irresistible energy — worlds that were mysterious to me and utterly enthralling.

He illuminated the vast beautiful landscape of what is possible in film and he clarified for me what it is that one must ask of one self to work in faith.” Brandon Schreur has been writing about comics, movies, television shows, and all things pop culture for roughly five years. He's a lifelong cinephile who spends way, way too much money buying Blu rays and trade paperbacks.

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