Cast going to such lengths has ended up being more common recently and a cynic might say it definitely did not harm their film's publicity, however provided the apparent success of their strategy, could working in a similarly immersive method likewise benefit novelists?
Whilst such a move rather conveniently draws attention to Hodgkinson's launching book, could his concept deserve more discussion?
Prof Churchwell has experience of composing in such a method. For her 2014 book, Negligent People. Murder, Trouble and the Development of The Fantastic Gatsby, she says she had to immerse herself in all things 1922.
But not everybody agrees technique acting significantly boosts an actor's performance.
One who apparently did not have time for such a method was Oscar winner Laurence Olivier, who appeared in the 1976 hollywood Marathon Man, together with Dustin Hoffman.
To get into the spirit of his function, during which he needed to look exhausted, Hoffman did not sleep in the added to shooting specific scenes. When Lord Olivier heard about it, he asked his co-star. "My dear child, why don't you try acting?"
Hodgkinson says it would be unjust to suggest Hoffman - who had actually tossed himself into the function to assist him survive a divorce - was not acting, and the process evidently assisted him.
Whilst maybe not going to quite the same lengths, Prof Churchwell mentions there are definitely other writers who have attempted the immersive technique in the past, consisting of a few of the greats.
James Joyce used charts to help him monitor characters and motif when writing Ulysses, while William Faulkner drew maps of the fictional Yoknapatawpha County, where he set all but 3 of his books. He likewise wrote genealogies of his imaginary families.
As part of Hodgkinson's efforts to obtain the Technique Writers task off the ground, he and fellow author Alexander Fiske-Harrison are providing a series of one-day courses in March, which he says will intend to teach aiming writers about the advantages of the method and "become the Daniel Day-Lewis of literature".
Some disapproving readers may recall Lord Olivier's never-ceasing words - if he were alive today, he might well encourage fledgling authors to merely "try composing, dear boy".
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