Mary Carter Bishop's "Don't You Ever," the movie

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I’ve long imagined Daniel Day-Lewis as Ronnie, but didn’t Day-Lewis announce after Phantom Thread that he wouldn’t take any more roles? (I hope I imagined that.) The thing is, as a young man Ronnie developed acromegaly, a rare hormonal disorder. Over decades it slowly deformed his face, dramatically enlarging his brow bone, nose, tongue, lips and jaws. It separated his teeth and wrecked organs throughout his body. I don’t recall Day-Lewis ever relying on appliances and extreme makeup, but I...[read on]

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