Storytelling as Role Play
Last night on Larry King Live, the host asked Daniel Day Lewis if he liked the character he plays in the upcoming musical Nine, which opens around the country on Christmas Day. Here’s the exchange with emphasis added:
KING: Daniel, did you like Guido?
DAY-LEWIS: I don’t think I — I — I didn’t like or dislike him. I didn’t really — I didn’t look at him in that way. I didn’t — I didn’t relate to him as a separate being, I suppose.
KING: You became him?
DAY-LEWIS: Well, I — I kidded myself I did, yes.
