DANIEL DAY-LEWIS
November 30, 2011

Academy award-winning actor Daniel Day-Lewis is almost unrecognizable in this shot snapped back in 2011 by an enthusiastic fan at the now-closed Arcadia Restaurant. Dressed as the title character of Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln, Day-Lewis reportedly ordered the filet mignon and complimented the restaurant’s dining room.

For nearly two months he resided in Richmond’s historic Church Hill neighborhood with his family and frequented places in Carytown like Can Can Brasserie and Bygone’s Vintage Clothing. Day-Lewis and the rest of the star-studded cast and crew helped Richmond gain the national spotlight as a hip, urbane city on the rise even as the Hollywood story harkened back to the city’s Civil War past.

Daniel Day Lewis at Arcadia in Richmond on Nov. 30, 2011, Courtesy of the Richmond Times-Dispatch