Joaquin Phoenix has unveiled a new look after transforming his body once again for a dramatic film role.
The 46-year-old actor – known for going to extreme lengths for his craft – was pictured with grey hair and a pot belly while on set of new movie Disappointment Blvd. in Montreal, Canada on Tuesday.
The movie – from horror maestro Ari Astor – centers on ‘one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time’ played by Phoenix, with a story that spans decades of his life.
New look: Joaquin Phoenix unveils grey hair and pot belly as he transforms his body yet again for new role on set of movie Disappointment Blvd. in Montreal, Canada on Tuesday
Sporting grey hair balding hair, it appeared that Phoenix was playing an older version of the character while filming got underway.
The sighting comes three years after the Vegan actor developed a ‘disorder’ after famously dropping 52lbs in weight for playing the Joker that would end up winning him an Oscar.
Phoenix previously revealed how director Todd Phillips thought his character Arthur Fleck in The Joker should be ‘real thin’ which resulted in the actor losing weight under the guidance of a medical professional.
Extreme: The sighting comes three years after the Vegan actor developed a ‘disorder’ after famously dropping 52lbs in weight for playing the Joker in 2019 (pictured right)
New role: The movie – from horror maestro Ari Astor – centers on ‘one of the most successful entrepreneurs of all time’ played by Phoenix, with a story that spans decades of his life
‘Once you reach the target weight, everything changes,’ Phoenix told the Associated Press. ‘Like so much of what’s difficult is waking up every day and being obsessed over like 0.3 pounds. Right? And you really develop like a disorder. I mean, it’s wild.’
He went on to say the weight loss left him feeling better than expected, saying: ‘I think the interesting thing for me is what I had expected and anticipated with the weight loss was these feelings of dissatisfaction, hunger, a certain kind of vulnerability and a weakness.’
Adding: ‘But what I didn’t anticipate was this feeling of kind of fluidity that I felt physically.’
However, he confessed that the extreme weight loss did have a toll on his mental health, saying: ‘As it turns out, that impacts your psychology, and you really start to go mad when you lose that much weight in that amount of time.’
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