Editing My Left Foot (section)

==Production==
Day-Lewis became interested in the project when he read the opening scene, which features him, as Brown, using his left foot to place a [[phonograph record]] on a player and then placing a needle onto it so that it will play.<ref name="Perfectionist">{{Cite web |last=Hirschberg |first=Lynn |author-link=Lynn Hirschberg |date=8 December 2007 |title=Daniel Day-Lewis: the perfectionist |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3669814/Daniel-Day-Lewis-the-perfectionist.html |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160221004343/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3669814/Daniel-Day-Lewis-the-perfectionist.html |archive-date=21 February 2016 |access-date=27 October 2015 |website=[[The Daily Telegraph|The Telegraph]]}}</ref> He said of the scene: "I knew it couldn't be done... and that intrigued me."<ref name="Perfectionist" /> Many scenes were filmed through a mirror, as he could only manipulate his right foot to perform the actions seen in the film. He spent some time preparing for the film at Brown's [[alma mater]] in [[Dublin]]. He later returned there for a visit, with his [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]].<ref>[[Anthony J. Jordan|Jordan, Anthony J.]] ''Daniel Day-Lewis, Gentleman. A Memoir''. pp. 1–22.</ref>

Day-Lewis was known for his extreme [[method acting]], and insisted on staying in character during the production of the film, refusing to do anything that Brown could not do. This meant that members of the film crew had to move the actor around in a [[wheelchair]], lift him over obstacles, and even feed him.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 January 2018 |title=Daniel Day-Lewis' Craziest Method Acting Stories |url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/film/g15335475/daniel-day-lewis-craziest-method-acting-stories/ |access-date=18 January 2018 |website=[[Esquire (UK Edition)|Esquire]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Matthew |date=15 October 2021 |title=Why Daniel Day-Lewis Once Made Crew Members Feed Him by Hand Daily |url=https://www.thethings.com/daniel-day-lewis-method-acting-story-crazy-my-left-foot/ |access-date=15 October 2021 |website=TheThings}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Russell |first=Calum |date=21 November 2021 |title=Daniel Day-Lewis' extraordinary method acting in 'My Left Foot' |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/daniel-day-lewis-method-acting-in-my-left-foot/ |access-date=21 November 2021 |website=[[Far Out Magazine]]}}</ref>