Some of Hollywood's greatest performers of the past 75 years have counted themselves as Method actors: Paul Newman, Marilyn Monroe, Dustin Hoffman, Al Pacino, and Jack Nicholson all studied under Lee Strasberg, while the likes of Marlon Brando, Robert De Niro, and Warren Beatty all learned the technique from Stella Adler. Yet despite Method's sound principles, more extreme examples have made it almost a by-word for pretension and self-indulgence — just ask Jared Leto's fellow cast members in "Suicide Squad." Today, Daniel Day-Lewis is arguably the most talented advocate of Method acting, and he has some serious thoughts on the subject.

This year, the three-time Oscar winner returned to the screen for the first time since "Phantom Thread" in 2017 to star in "Anemone," the directorial deb

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