Joker: Joaquin Phoenix ate just an apple a day for 3 months to lose weight for the film
In October, Joaquin Phoenix's Joker hit the screens and the Hollywood psychological thriller instantly became box office hit globally. Made on the smart budget of are $700 million, the film entered the $1 billion club and became the first R rated film to achieve this feat. Fans showered rave reviews for the film and declared that Joaquin Phoenix deserves an Academy for his powerful performance. The actor's portrayal of Joker was hard-hitting and was called one of the best performances by an actor in recent time. While Joaquin has got and is still getting accolades and appreciation for his performance, the went an extra mile for his physical transformation.
Joaquin Phoenix lost 24 kgs for his character and for that he used to eat just only 1 per day for three months. He refused to take any guidance or help from other diet experts or nutritionists. Well, we must say that he deserves an award not only for his performance but also for his dedication and commitment. The standalone film is being touted as an origin story as well as a character study of the Clown Prince of Crime. It premiered at the festival on August 31 and received an eight-minute-long standing ovation from the viewers. Phoenix negated being influenced by past silver screen Jokers. Losing weight in such a short time helped Phoenix get into his character.
"It turns out that affects your psychology. You start to go mad," he said. Director Todd Phillips also gave him a blank journal/joke book which helped him uncover his character as he began to fill in the pages, with words and images that are seen in the film. In 'Joker', Phoenix stars as Arthur Fleck, a man living in near-poverty with his mother (Frances Conroy), struggling to make ends meet as a clown for hire. Affected by brain trauma, Fleck served time in a mental ward, is treated by a listless city social worker who oversees his seven different medications, and struggles with a condition that causes him pathological laughter at the most inopportune times. "He's so hard to define and you don't really want to define him," said Phoenix.
"We would get close at times where I found that I would identify certain parts of his personality or his motivation and then I would back away from that because I wanted there to be a mystery to the character. Throughout the course of shooting it felt like every day we were discovering new parts of his personality, up until the very last day," he added. Anyway, have you watched the film? Tweet to us @bollywood_life
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