Washington DC, March 28 -- Veteran filmmaker Steven Spielberg recalled an emotional moment on the sets of his historical drama 'Lincoln', revealing that actor Daniel Day-Lewis once comforted him after a powerful scene left him in tears, according to People.

Speaking during a discussion at the South by Southwest festival with Sean Fennessey of 'The Big Picture' podcast, Spielberg shared that Day-Lewis' portrayal of former US President Abraham Lincoln deeply moved him as a director.

The filmmaker described a key scene in which Lincoln addresses his cabinet on the urgency of passing the 13th Amendment. According to Spielberg, the sequence was shot in two continuous takes, featuring a four-minute speech that concluded in a close-up of Day-L...