Joaquin: I lost 47 pounds to play the role of Joker so that the character can't be defined

DC's new original movie "Joker" premiered at the Venice Film Festival last weekend and the ratings were released. It lived up to expectations and received a lot of praise. Joaquin Phoenix, who played the Joker in the film, was even hailed as a hot candidate for the new Best Actor because of his devilish performance. Joaquin also accepted many interviews at the film festival and revealed many interesting stories behind playing the Joker.

We have all seen the skinny Joaquin on the screen. In order to fit into the role of the Joker, the Prince of Crime, he lost 52 pounds (about 47 kilograms) before filming. "The first thing was to lose weight. This was my first job before filming. It turns out that this will seriously affect your psychology. When you lose so much weight in a short period of time, you will naturally start to go crazy. I also read a book about political assassinations, which was very interesting. It helped me analyze the psychology of different types of people who did these things (referring to the movie). "

In addition, Joaquin also admitted that he tried to avoid borrowing from the original clown image on the screen (including Jack Nicholson, Heath Jerry, Jared Leftovers, etc.), because his ultimate goal was to make the clown he performed "undefinable."

“I wanted to have the freedom to create something that could not be defined. The Joker is a great fictional character and I didn’t want a psychiatrist to be able to diagnose him. We explored the medication he takes and what might be wrong with him, but decided to stay away from that. We needed the space to create what we wanted.

Throughout the entire shoot, right up until the last day, it felt like every day we were discovering new aspects of the Joker’s character and the shadows that lay deep within his personality.”

The movie "Joker" will be released in North American theaters on October 4.