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Joker’s physique

posted 5 years ago by Moonglum9 (11309)
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Was Phoenix’s body really that emaciated, or was it done with camera trickery?

[–] tom8 (3119) 5 years ago

it was real........ he stopped drinking milk

:-)

[–] Moonglum9 (11309) 5 years ago

He can play Mr. Glass in a remake of Unbreakable then (If white people are allowed to play a role that was previously played by another ethnicity. I'm not altogether sure the rules of this yet, and if it only works one way).

[–] tom8 (3119) 5 years ago

of course... no milk/calcium = brittle bones.

i see what you mean LOL

[–] Buttercup33 (6) 2 years ago

He had to lose a lot of weight to get the part of the joker. The character joker was ALWAYS a skinny tooth pick body type so Joaquin had to lose a lot of weight since he wanted to play the part of the joker.

[–] TimeTunnel (4769) a year ago

Harsh...because Joaquin Phoenix wasn't even fat before.