After years of speculation that Liam Neeson would play Abraham Lincoln in a biopic for Steven Spielberg, it has emerged that Daniel Day-Lewis has secured the role.

“Daniel Day-Lewis would have always been counted as one of the greatest of actors, were he from the silent era, the golden age of film or even some time in cinema’s distant future,” Spielberg said. “I am grateful and inspired that our paths will finally cross with Lincoln.”

Well, that’s all true. But our Liam does look a lot more like the great man.