Huh. I did not know that Sir Daniel Day-Lewis was once a camo-wearing roadie for Echo and the Bunnymen

[highplainsdem]

From Classic Rock magazine:

https://www.loudersound.com/features/world-famous-actor-was-a-roadie-for-echo-and-the-bunnymen

But as far as we know, and feel free to correct us if you know differently, only one band has hired a roadie who later went on to win three Oscars, four BAFTAs, two Golden Globe awards, and a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II of England. The band in question is Echo & The Bunnymen, and their long-since-retired employee was world-renowned actor Daniel Day-Lewis.

The future star of My Left Foot, In The Name of The Father, and There Will Be Blood came into the Liverpool indie band's orbit around the time of their second album, 1981's Heaven Up Here, as "he was mates with the bloke who used to do our films and our lights," guitarist Will Sergeant recalled in a 2005 interview with Uncut magazine.

"There was always quite a theatre link, because Bill Drummond (Bunnymen manager, later to court infamy as one half of KLF) used to work at the Everyman (theatre) and he knew a lot of actor types; Paul McGann and Greta Scacchi used to hang around, they were at Rockfield with us for a bit."

"Daniel was one of the gang," Sergeant remembered. "He'd turn up in the same camouflage clothes as the band, like he was gettin' into character for something. That was the great thing about the camo gear, all the crew wore it as well."

[North Shore Chicago]

1. Big fan of both!

Echo is coming around here on their tour! Who woulda thunk it after all these years?

Killing Moon
Lips like sugar
Bring on the dancing horses

[debm55]

2. I recently rewatched Lincoln. Sir Daniel Day Lewis was great in it, All his roles show such wounderful acting. It was

like I was actually watching Lincoln. TY, highplainsdem.

[Aristus]

3. Harrison Ford worked briefly as a roadie for The Doors.

I'll bet he has some interesting stories about those times.