... I'm not sure the “apple a day keeps the doctor away” saying really applies here? Todd Phillips said he offered up a nutritionist to Joaquin Phoenix to help him execute their vision for Arthur Fleck to get skinny for the role, but the actor made the simple choice to starve himself and live off of apples.
The same held true for Joaquin Phoenix who underwent an intense prep, losing over 50-pounds for the role while having to go into a very dark place for the character. As we'll reveal in the following, Phoenix lost most of the weight during the final three months of prep for the film.
He was no less committed to the grueling diet to ensure he could embody the mentally ill and tortured Arthur Fleck. Phoenix goes on to say that the weight loss impacted his mental well-being along with his physical form.
To get into the character of Arthur Fleck, Phoenix lost 52 pounds for the role by eating a restrictive diet that was supervised by a doctor. Phoenix said the weight loss gave him a sense of control and the confidence to dig deep into the Joker's persona.
How Joaquin Phoenix Transformed His Physical and Mental Self to Play the Joker. "You start to go mad," said the Academy Award-nominated actor, who lost 52 pounds in his method approach to the role.
One of the mysteries in director Todd Phillips' Joker is whether Arthur Fleck really is the son of Thomas Wayne as his mother Penny Fleck claimed. Both Wayne himself and Arthur Pennyworth said it was untrue and that Penny was delusional, hence her eventual stay in Arkham Asylum.
The same holds true for Joaquin Phoenix. When he first portrayed Gotham's most infamous villain in 2019's “Joker,” Phoenix earned $4.5 million. The film went on to earn more than $1 billion and landed the actor an Oscar. If Warner Bros. is going to get Phoenix back in clown makeup, it will cost the studio $20 million.
The psychopathology Arthur exhibits is unclear, preventing diagnosis of psychotic disorder or schizophrenia; the unusual combination of symptoms suggests a complex mix of features of certain personality traits, namely psychopathy and narcissism (he meets DSM-5 criteria for narcissistic personality disorder).
Pheonix had signed on to the project in July 2018, and the filming was scheduled to be done in September 2018 itself, giving the actor only a few months to lose 52 pounds. The ideal timeline to reduce that amount of weight comes down nearly to a year. This led to the actor being under strict medical supervision.
And then I'm working out. That got me down to a certain weight. And then I went on the really hardcore diet, which is lettuce and either steamed green beans or steamed asparagus and one apple. And you do that once a day.”
Lady Gaga gave her Monsters and cinephiles the first look at her Harley Quinn character in new set photos from Joker: Folie a Deux's New York shoot.
A joker day is a day on which you take a break from fasting, meaning that you can eat and drink whatever you want. However, we advise not to see these days as “cheat days”, meaning that you should still eat in moderation and listen to your body.
On August 3, 2022, it was revealed that the sequel will come out on October 4, 2024. The release date will be five years after the first film hit theaters. Although that is still a long way from now, the following details about the production will surely make the wait pay off.
You don't see the Joker fall into a vat of acid. Phillips, Phoenix and other members of the creative team used a "realistic lens" to devise the story. Fleck has PBA, a condition with uncontrollable laughing and crying outbursts. His sickly thin body is the result of the medication he takes.
Officially titled Joker: Folie à Deux, the sequel sees Joaquin Phoenix return to the role of Arthur Fleck, with Todd Phillips coming back to direct and co-write alongside Scott Silver.
Origins. When the Joker became obsessing over destroying the Bat-Family, he decided to arrange for his face to be surgically removed. According to the Joker, he did this to symbolize how even without his, "Mask" he was still the joker where-as Batman's Robins and Bat-Girls' identities were only mask-deep.
One of the biggest secrets in the world of DC Comics has been revealed as one of its most iconic characters, an enigmatic villain, gets an official name. In the latest issue of Flashpoint Beyond #5, the Joker's real name has been revealed: Jack Oswald White.
He visited his doctor and was told that he was approaching morbid obesity and diabetes. Knight then embarked upon a diet-and-exercise program that allowed him to lose 117 lbs, dropping his weight from 327 to 210 lbs.
Personality Disorder, specifically, Histrionic Personality Disorder plays a key part in Harley Quinn's life. People with Histrionic Personality Disorder are “pervasive and excessive emotionally and display attention-seeking behavior” (Bornstein 1998).
Since it's a fictional character and the story never mentions autism no-one could possibly know. However, when looking at Joaquin Phoenix's portrayal of the Joker it certainly doesn't shout autism at all… It's more likely that he's a psychopath where his Pseudobulbar affect (PBA) certainly doesn't help.
His psychological disorder was found in some scenes at the movie such as Schizophrenia Disorder there are 9 scenes and 5 dialogues, Trauma Disorder found in 5 dialogues, and Dissociative Disorder found in 1 scene and 4 dialogues. So, it can be concluded Arthur fleck has a mental illness.
1. Heath Ledger – The Dark Knight (2008)
Coming in as making the most from one film is The Matrix's Keanu Reeves, who is also the highest-paid actor in history. The film itself grossed roughly $467.2 million and had a rough estimate of a $63 million budget, making its monetary success quite large.