In 2004, Steven Spielberg asked Liam Neeson to take on the lead role for this film project and he accepted. Over the next four years, Neeson read over 20 books, visited government offices, as well as doing additional research in Lincoln's hometown of Springfield, under the auspices of doing a full presidency bio of Lincoln from election to assassination. The original screen writer was John Logan; however, playwright Paul Webb rewrote the script. When Doris Kearns Goodwin wrote the book "Team of Rivals", yet another script was done by screenwriter Tony Kushner. This last version focused on the final four months of LIncoln's life, fighting to get the 13th Amendment passed. In 2008, when it was time to begin screening, not only was the idea of the original project changed, but Neeson had lost his wife of 14 years only one month before. The new script was not a good fit with Neeson, and Spielberg was able to cast his original preference for the role.

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