Lead or Supporting: Daniel Day-Lewis in Gangs of New York

[Stank83 Joined: Mar 8th, 2020 Topics: 104 Posts: 2089 View Predictions]

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Daniel Day-Lewis as Bill The Butcher in Gangs of New York.
He was nominated in Lead Actor, but is he truly Lead or Supporting??
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[Alan Joined: Mar 28th, 2021 Topics: 0 Posts: 137 View Predictions]

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Need to rewatch it but for me, he was clearly lead.

Best Picture winner CODA
Academy Award winner Jessica Chastain

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[Diamond Tier Joined: Aug 14th, 2020 Topics: 0 Posts: 5519 View Predictions]

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Lead

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[methaddiction Joined: Aug 1st, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 4517 View Predictions]

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I didn’t know some people considered him supporting.

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[diego Joined: Dec 10th, 2019 Topics: 12 Posts: 1554 View Predictions]

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He’s supporting

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[iWantTheGold Joined: Feb 26th, 2016 Topics: 0 Posts: 152 View Predictions]

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co-lead

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[Bassett Joined: Dec 21st, 2016 Topics: 1 Posts: 2607 View Predictions]

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Lead

FYC

Best Actress - Pénélope Cruz, Olivia Colman

Best Actor - Denzel Washington

Best Supporting Actress - Aunjanue Ellis, Kathryn Hunter

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[Thatcher, Prime Minister of GoldDerby Joined: Jan 3rd, 2018 Topics: 0 Posts: 319 View Predictions]

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Darlings, he was clearly supporting. DiCaprio was the only lead of the movie.

As a famous singer said, "ain't nobody gonna Thatcher, Thatcher, Thatcher!"

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[James Breheney Joined: Feb 15th, 2017 Topics: 3 Posts: 72 View Predictions]

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I suppose it’s a situation like Judas this year where I would consider Dicaprio and DDL to be co-leads. Also, I know it’s not one of Scorsese’s most popular films but I absolutely love it. It was the first DDL performance I ever saw.

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[distain Joined: Nov 12th, 2012 Topics: 1 Posts: 131 View Predictions]

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Lead. I’ve never thought of him as supporting. The first 10 minutes of the film starts with him fighting Liam Neeson’s Priest Fall in before DiCaprio’s character is even an adult. Then he is the primary antagonist for DiCaprio the whole way through the movie.

Super clear lead/co-lead.

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[Bondsocial Joined: Jan 25th, 2019 Topics: 0 Posts: 1 View Predictions]

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cases of category fraud – showy supporting bad guys (Hopkins in Lambs, Streep in Prada and Whitaker in Last King)

Daniel Day-Lewis (Gangs of New York)

Nom L, belonged in S

Screen time: 28.82%

Yet another antagonistic mentor role that is, like almost every other, supporting. Bill is a flashy, attention-grabbing character, but this isn’t his story.

c. Matthew Stewart

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[Stank83 Joined: Mar 8th, 2020 Topics: 104 Posts: 2089 View Predictions]

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James_Breheney wrote:

Also, I know it’s not one of Scorsese’s most popular films but I absolutely love it. It was the first DDL performance I ever saw.

Trust me, it’s one of those classics constantly on cable that are more beloved by mainstream audiences rather than critics or certain cinephiles.
Anyway, i think he’s Lead. DiCaprio’s Amsterdam Vallon is a Dickensian character who serves as a narrative lens, but DDL’s Bill The Butcher is the driving force of the story.

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