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The idea of Daniel Day-Lewis playing Abraham Lincoln was quite an enticing one, but folks have been a little thrown off by some of the famously method actor’s choices. Day-Lewis and director Steven Spielberg held a Q&A after a screening of Lincoln last night, and one issue that arose was the question of Lincoln’s unexpectedly high voice in the film.
Day-Lewis explained,
"Well you look for the clues, as with any aspect of the work. You begin with the places that would have made a huge difference in his life. Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, and the counties that he came from ... I’m inclined to think that having had a voice that was intended to be in the higher register, tended to be placed more in the head tones, that helped him reach a greater number of people in his public speaking ... And beyond that, I suppose it really was just an act of imagination."
Watch the trailer below for reference and catch Lincoln in theaters starting Nov. 9. [Vulture]
