His wife is played by French actress Marion Cottilard who has been humiliated by a married life full of sexual indiscretion caused by the roving eye of
Day Lewis.
But Neeson and
Day Lewis' friendship on set appears to have ended there.
Neeson, 56, targeted
Day Lewis who famously refused medical treatment for pneumonia while filming Gangs Of New York because it was not in keeping with the film's 19th century period.
I've admired
Day Lewis (right) since watching him in My Left Foot (the movie about disabled Christy Brown).
But when Weinstein knocked on the door of
Day Lewis' Co Wicklow home he too was told exactly where to go.
THE VERDICT: Make no mistake - Daniel
Day Lewis is brilliant in Paul Thomas Anderson's epic drama, and for my money will win the Best Actor Oscar later this month.
QUIET LIFE: Daniel
Day Lewis and Rebecca Miller' SPLIT: Isabelle Adjani
The 25 actors are: Kevin Bacon, Alec Baldwin, Jeff Bridges, Nicolas Cage, Daniel
Day Lewis, Robert De Niro, Johnny Depp, Robert Downey Jr, Ralph Fiennes, Laurence Fishburn, Morgan Freeman, Tom Hanks, Ed Harris, Sir Anthony Hopkins, Samuel L.
Society mag Vanity Fair claimed
Day Lewis is said to have been "appalled" when let in on the secret and may have pressed Miller to meet his son.
THE Gangs of New York movie has brought a rare posthumous honour for the savage villain played by Daniel
Day Lewis - a headstone for his final resting place.
Ralph, far right, and Daniel
Day Lewis; Picture: GETTY IMAGES