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"Steven Spielberg has said that Daniel Day-Lewis was &amp;quot;intimidated&amp;quot; by the lead role in Lincoln. The director discussed his six-year campaign to get the There Will Be Blood actor on board for his biopic.   &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ve never gone on a campaign before, I pretty much take no for an answer,&amp;quot; he told Deadline. &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s one of the few times in my entire life where I was not willing to accept that answer.&amp;quot; Recalling the first time Day-Lewis turned him down, he said: &amp;quot;He freely admitted... an intimidation based on the size of the figure, of Lincoln himself.  &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t think he ever forgot our encounter, though. And I don&amp;#039;t think he ever forgot the challenge that was offered to him.&amp;quot; &amp;gt; Steven Spielberg on &amp;#039;Lincoln&amp;#039;: &amp;#039;I avoided being cynical&amp;#039; &amp;quot;I couldn&amp;#039;t see Lincoln beyond what I knew Daniel would bring to it,&amp;quot; he continued. &amp;quot;Which was going to be an out-of-body experience that would put us in a real-time encounter with the man, his legacy, and that century.&amp;quot; Day-Lewis was eventually convinced to take the role by co-star Leonardo DiCaprio, who worked with him on Gangs of New York. Lincoln is currently showing in US cinemas and will open in the UK on January 25. Watch a trailer for the movie below:  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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