Tony Kushner Talks Lincoln’s Sexiness & Daniel Day Lewis-Shaped Oscars on The Colbert Report
by Lindsay Champion • Nov 15, 2012
Screenwriter (and Tony-winning Broadway playwright) Tony Kushner chatted about presidents, politics and big feet on November 14, when he stopped by The Colbert Report to promote his new film Lincoln. Starring a slew of Broadway favorites including The Heiress star David Strathairn, Julie White and Adam Driver, Lincoln tells the story of the president's work to abolition slavery at the end of the Civil War. Click below to find out what Kushner thinks made Lincoln sexy, why leading man Daniel Day Lewis is a lock for awards glory and more. The new historical drama expands to theaters nationwide beginning November 16!