Johnny and Omar used to be friends at school, but grew apart and took different paths. One of those earlier movies, and one of the very first where he took a lead role, was Stephen Frears' 'My Beautiful Laundrette,' which follows Day-Lewis' Johnny opening a laundrette with his Pakistani boyfriend, Gordon Warnecke's Omar, in the UK in the late 80s.

Daniel Day-Lewis is an actor of legendary status, having won three best actor Academy Awards and earnined a reputation as the method actor despite only appearing in 20 films across a career spanning 49 years.