Who better than actors knows the formula of sacrifice, precisely to succeed in a certain role? Actor Joaquin Phoenix is ??one of them! While attending the Venice Film Festival 2024, he talked about one of the challenges he had to face in the realization of the protagonist role in "The Joker: Folie à Deux": losing weight.
"I won't talk too much about the specifics of the diet because I just don't think anyone wants to hear that part of the story. But this time it was more difficult than the first time, as we had a lot of dance rehearsals and moreover more weight loss,” he said during the press conference at the Venice International Film Festival.
The famous actor did not give many details about the weight loss, but added that Lady Gaga also underwent the same process to be in the best possible shape for the roles in the new film that is expected to be released in cinemas worldwide on October 4.
"Stefani also lost a lot of weight," he said, referring to Lady Gaga by her birth name. “I remember when I first met her in rehearsals and then when we came back for filming, she had lost a lot of weight. That was so impressive!”
According to Gaga, she thinks both actors "transformed into their characters over a period of time" and tried "to nail every detail for their roles."
We remember that the actor Phoenix lost weight in the first movie "Joker", revealing that he had lost a full 23 kilograms for his role. At that time, the actor revealed that he mostly consumed salad and steamed vegetables and all this sacrifice just to lose weight.
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Source: US Weekly
