UDaniel Day-Lewis Wenza iifilimu ezimbalwa nambalwa kodwa phantse ngalo lonke ixesha esebenza kwenye uphakathi kwezona zithandwayo zeOscar engoyena mdlali ubalaseleyo, unokongeza igama elitsha lokutyunjwa ngefilimu yakhe elandelayo, enesihloko esithi “Lincoln”, ekhokelwa nguSteven Spielberg.
Iingxelo zikaSpielberg zibe ngolu hlobo lulandelayo:
“UDaniel Day-Lewis ebesoloko ethathwa njengomnye wabadlali ababalaseleyo kulo lonke ixesha, ukusukela kwixesha elithe cwaka, ukuya kutsho kwixesha legolide lemiboniso bhanya-bhanya ukuya nakwixesha elizayo. Ndinombulelo kwaye ndonwabile ukuba iindlela zethu ekugqibeleni ziya kuwela kunye 'noLincoln,' utshilo uSpielberg. Kuwo wonke umsebenzi wakhe, ube ngumdlali okhethekileyo okhetha izinto azikhethileyo,” wongeze watsho uSnider. "Oko kusenza sizive sinethamsanqa ngakumbi, njengoko ekhethe ukusijoyina."
Ifilimu iya kusekelwa kumbhali-mbali ophumelele iBhaso lePulitzer uDoris Kearns Goodwin othengisa kakhulu "Iqela leeRivals," isikrini sabhalwa nguTony Kushner ophumelele ibhaso.