Joaquin Phoenix says he lost so much weight to play Joker he started ‘going mad’
Joker star Joaquin Phoenix has said he lost so much weight to play the character that he started to “go mad”. The actor plays the DC supervillain in Todd Phillips’s new film, which received an eight-minute standing ovation at Venice Film Festival over the weekend. Phoenix reportedly lost 52 pounds in the process of his physical transformation for the role, and met with director Phillips six months before shooting to design the character's look and laugh.
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