It is an early Christmas gift that Netflix is giving its subscribers by offering the film this Friday, December 23 Joker, by Todd Phillips. Arthur Fleck is played there by Joaquin Phoenix who lost 25 kilos for the role.
Three years after its theatrical release, the film Joker landed on Netflix this Friday, December 23, 2022. “In 1981 in Gotham City, a mentally ill clown in search of recognition sees his life turn to the dark side the day he defends himself against attackers”summary on its website the platform which offers its subscribers just before Christmas access to the twice Oscar-winning film in 2020. A statuette for the director, Todd Phillips, another for the interpreter of the main role Arthur Fleck, Joaquin Phoenix.
“You’re starting to go crazy”
Previously, the feature film received the Golden Lion at the 76th Venice Film Festival where the film had its world premiere. In a press conference, Joaquin Phoenix confided in his incredible transformation and his impressive weight loss. “The first thing you had to do was lose weight. That’s where I started. Because basically, it affects your psychology. You start to go crazy when you lose so much weight in such a short time…”had confided in September 2019 the one who did not hesitate to lose 25 kilos to succeed Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger or even Jared Leto in the costume of the Joker.
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A very light diet based on green vegetables
“This way of life was horrible”had also confided in the New York Times Joaquin Phoenix on his crash diet. “This weight loss affects your mind. You start to panic when you lose so much weight“, had explained the actor. On the menu, apples, “steamed lettuce and green beans”he detailed in an interview with Access. “It’s something I had done before, and I worked under the supervision of a doctor, in safety”, he explained. However, he hadn’t expected to have any new recourse for that role. “At first I thought the Joker should be a little more fleshy but Todd Phillip said to me: ‘You’re going to have to play a really skinny character’“, he had explained in the columns of the New York Times. A huge effort that will have paid off.
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