How Phoenix Lost An Insane Amount of Weight for JOKER
Mike Sprague
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The praise for Joaquin Phoenix in director Todd Phillips’ Joker keeps pouring in with the man winning Best Actor for his role as the Clown Prince of Crime at the Emmy’s the other night.
And today CinemaBlend says that on the upcoming Blu-ray, Phillips explains Phoenix’s diet: “It was already like June and he hadn’t started [losing weight] and we start shooting in September. And he’s like, 180 pounds. He wasn’t fat but we’re talking about getting to 125 pounds. And he goes ‘I got it, I got it.’ I go ‘You know we can hire a guy. I got this thing, this woman who’s a nutritionist, you might wanna…’ ‘No, no, that’s not how I do it.’ I go ‘How do you do it?’ He goes ‘I just stop eating and I starve myself.’ He just ate an apple a day for the whole summer.”
Damn. Was it worth it? What did you think of Joaquin Phoenix’s role as the Clown Prince of Crime in Joker? Let us know in the comments below or on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram!
Meanwhile, Joker sports a 69% rating over on Rotten Tomatoes with a Critics Consensus that reads: “Joker gives its infamous central character a chillingly plausible origin story that serves as a brilliant showcase for its star — and a dark evolution for comics-inspired cinema.”
Todd Phillips directed Joker from a script he co-wrote along with Scott Silver based on DC Comics characters. Phillips also produced the film along with Bradley Cooper and Emma Tillinger Koskoff. It stars Joaquin Phoenix, Robert De Niro, Zazie Beetz, and Frances Conroy.
It hits Blu-ray on January 7, 2020. Pre-order HERE. Read the script HERE.
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