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Originally Posted by Jorn
Some friends and colleagues of mine worked on "Lincoln". They all talked about how depressing and unpleasant the atmosfere on set was during filming. Daniel Day Lewis the extreme method actor he is didn't come out of his roll as Lincoln, who was extremely depressed at the end of his life, during the entire time of filming and everything was made sure he wouldn't creating an unpleasant and dark atmosfere on set.
Besides "Lincoln" and "Skyfall", I'm looking forward to Quentin Tarantino's new "Django Unchained".
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Lincoln was depressed. At one point, he was placed under suicide watch. The man who 'freed the slaves' and 'saved the union' was operating as President of the United States with diminished capacity. And let's not forget that he was first and foremost a LAWYER.