For many movie fans, there is no actor better than Daniel Day-Lewis.
The Irishman is the only actor in history to win three Academy Awards for Best Actor, which he earned for his performances in My Left Foot, There Will Be Blood and Lincoln.
His last appearance was in 2017's Phantom Thread, thereafter he announced his retirement from the acting profession.
Never say never, of course, but it doesn't seem like Day-Lewis has any plans to return, according to his friend and frequent collaborator Jim Sheridan.
“He says he’s done. I keep talking to him,” the In The Name of the Father, My Left Foot and The Boxer director Sheridan told Screen Daily.
“I’d love to do something with him again. He’s like everybody else. He opens up the streamers and there are 7,000 choices, none of them are good.
“Film has been moved out of the public domain into a private domain – you have a remote, you can stop it. It’s not the same experience. It’d be great to see Daniel coming back and doing something because he’s so good.”
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Martin Scorsese attempts to tempt Daniel Day-Lewis out of retirement
Martin Scorsese previously joked to an audience in New York that he and Day-Lewis should collaborate on one more movie.
The pair worked together on 1993's The Age of Innocence and 2002's Gangs of New York, which earned Day-Lewis an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
Day-Lewis has largely kept away from the public eye since retiring, but he emerged to present Scorsese with the Best Director award at the National Board of Review (NBR) Awards in Manhattan for Killers of the Flower Moon.
“I was a teenager when I discovered Martin’s work,” he said on stage.
“With a light of his own making he illuminated unknown worlds that pulsed with a dangerous, irresistible energy — worlds that were mysterious to me and utterly enthralling. He illuminated the vast beautiful landscape of what is possible in film and he clarified for me what it is that one must ask of one self to work in faith.”
Scorsese then took to the stage and teased Day-Lewis to come out of retirement.
"Thank you, Daniel," the legendary filmmaker said.
"To receive this honour, presented by Daniel, is an honour in itself from me. We did two films together and it was one of the greatest experiences of my life, I must say.
"Maybe there's time for one more..."
Queue the audience cheering as Day-Lewis smiled at his friend from the background.
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