# daniel day lewis VS daniel day lewis **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 6, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699 "2003-11-06T14:52:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699/1 "2003-11-06T14:52:32Z")
I watched Gangs of New York again last night, and it got me thinking: who would win a fight between Day Lewis as Bill the Butcher and Day Lewis as Hawkeye out of Last of the Mohicans, what with all the knives and the axes and sharp things. in a street battle. I peg for Bill. even though he does talk like Kinky John off Reeves & Mortimer, he got the stabbyness. your thoughts please ---
**Author:** ![singular1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ba9def/32.png) [@singular1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/singular1)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699/2 "2003-11-06T18:00:52Z")
Well, whichever one wins will surely get a lovely pair of shoes from Daniel Day-Lewis. ---
**Author:** ![FordPrefect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e99b99/32.png) [@FordPrefect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FordPrefect)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699/3 "2003-11-06T18:19:24Z")
Is Uncas still alive in this matchup? ---
**Author:** ![Orual](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/779978/32.png) [@Orual](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orual)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699/4 "2003-11-06T18:38:59Z")
Well, Hawkeye-Daniel invariably is with Chingachgook, and _that_ guy had a wicked big chopper thingie… ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699/5 "2003-11-06T19:08:42Z")
Hawkeye was good but Radar would bite his ankles. ---
**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699/6 "2003-11-06T22:10:02Z")
Hawkeye would just shoot Bill from a mile away with his long rifle. But my money’s on Daniel Day “Christy Brown” Lewis. That guy was tough. ---
**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699/7 "2003-11-07T02:34:59Z")
Haven’t seen NY yet, but I’ve heard he portrayed one mean sonuvabitch. However, I have seen pictures of him as Bill the Butcher and must comment that he looks soooo much better with long hair and no facial hair, delectable really, so it is with extreme bias that I vote for Hawkeye. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699/8 "2003-11-07T02:36:32Z")
Sorry, all my money’s on Cecil Day-Lewis… ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699/9 "2003-11-07T02:36:41Z")
Batman, if he’s prepared. ---
**Author:** ![TWDuke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@TWDuke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TWDuke)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699/10 "2003-11-08T05:37:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by London\_Calling \* > \*\*Hawkeye was good but Radar would bite his ankles. \*\* Maybe movie Radar would, but not TV Radar. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699/11 "2003-11-08T05:43:31Z")
“I don’t give a tuppeny fuck anbout your moral conundrum, you meat-headed shit sack.” BUTCHER in one round. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699/12 "2003-11-08T06:20:40Z")
I love the way Bill the Butcher spoke. It’s like Bugs Bunny but for real! Do people actually speak that way in Brooklyn? Did they? How recently did the accent disappear, if people DON’T speak that way anymore? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Babbington](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Mr.Babbington](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Babbington)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699/13 "2003-11-08T06:28:16Z")
**racinchikki** Daniel Day-Lewis used a recording of Walt Whitman as his inspiration for the accent. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daniel-day-lewis-vs-daniel-day-lewis/211699/14 "2003-11-08T06:45:00Z")
Ah-ha. And Bugs Bunny’s voice was making fun of somebody else in the Warner Brothers studio. So at least two people DID talk like that in real life. 🙂