How Joaquin Phoenix's extreme weight loss for 'Joker' led him to a 'disorder'

Joaquin Phoenix's portrayal of iconic DC character Joker was appreciated worldwide. Longtime fans of character were concerned about a standalone Joker film without inclusion of Batman and giving him an origin story that was t done in original comic book. However, after film was officially released around world, fans were taken aback by surprise on how Phoenix morphed himself into character of Joker which earned him an Oscar win. However, one talking point of film was also how Joaquin lost a substantial amount of weight to fit bill of character. 

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Joaquin has infamously lost 52 pounds for role of Joker which was deemed to be both brave and dangerous by many of his fans. But, Phoenix has also garnered reputation of being a method actor and standing true to his public im, went full in to study character and make it his own. However, it does come with a cost as actor h to go through some psychological changes too, as revealed by Joaquin himself. 

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Joquin's extreme weight loss led to a 'disorder'

portrayal of Joaquin Phoenix as Joker was loved worldwide but it came with a cost for actor. Joaquin h sat down for an interview with People where he revealed that losing that much weight in a controlled amount of time impacts psychology of a person. Phoenix expressed that a person starts to go 'm'. actor h also expressed that extreme weight loss may have given him a certain disorder where he became obsessive over food and weight. actor also expressed that he would withdraw from social events and feeling fatigued to climb up stairs. 

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Pheonix h signed on to project in July 2018, and filming was scheduled to be done in September 2018 itself, giving actor only a few months to lose 52 pounds. ideal timeline to reduce that amount of weight comes down nearly to a year. This led to actor being under strict medical supervision. However, Joaquin has maintained his silence about process of how he lost weight so quickly. 

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