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Despite a reputation for being an intense and reclusive actor, Daniel Day-Lewis responded unexpectedly when he received a birthday card, Caroline O’Doherty reports

PERSUADING Daniel Day-Lewis to take on a project can be like coaxing a bear out of hibernation mid-winter. You could try pestering him periodically over the best part of a decade as Stephen Spielberg had to do to get him to play Abraham Lincoln.