Another critical and box office success is coming ‘New Year’s Festival’, ‘Joker’ Tells the story of Arthur Fleck, a failed comedian who lives with a sick mother in Gotham City, a city that would later be Batman’s home.
The film follows Fleck’s journey to become one of the greatest villains of all time in comics and movies. Gotham’s Clown Prince of Crime has been played on the big screen four times before. In its fifth incarnation, and now in our own film, we plunge into the mind of a troubled individual, looking at how society directly affects the deteriorating state of mental illness.
Joaquin Phoenix played the villain so brilliantly that he received several awards for his portrayal Oscar for Best Actor in 2020, And so we’ve rounded up 5 curiosities about the non-American star for you to appreciate even more ️
Joaquin Phoenix is known to give a lot of himself in his roles and this has earned him memorable performances that have been appreciated by critics and the public alike. It was no different with the Joker. The actor lost 25 pounds in a span of three months. On a very restrictive diet based on beans, apples and lettuce. Dangerous, isn’t it? But doctors and specialists followed him.
Joaquin Phoenix lost weight to play the Joker – Photo: IMDb
vegetarian since childhoodIn , the actor uses his influence to talk about important issues that afflict the world such as deforestation and the excessive consumption of meat on the planet. In his Oscar-winning speech, Phoenix once again warned about these causes and at the same time called for more respect for those who suffer injustice and fight social inequalities.
Yes, that’s what you read! Joaquin Phoenix was arrested 2 years ago along with actor Martin Sheen, at a climate change protest organized by actress Jane Fonda in 2020., The actors weren’t locked in for long, but this phenomenon shows that Phoenix has a very active role to play when it comes to activism.
Joaquin Phoenix is American but was born far away from US territory. Did not understand? Calm down, I’ll explain to you. Joaquin’s parents were part of a religious cult and began traveling through Latin American countries. And this is where the actor was born. An unincorporated US territory, Phoenix was born in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico, a country in Central America. All explained now, isn’t it?!
Phoenix is not your real surname
Joaquin Raphael Bottom. This is the real name of the actor. But where did ‘Phoenix’ come from? Very attached to nature, Joaquin’s family changed the name of their 5 children when they returned to the United States in 1978. As the translation shows, the meaning of Phoenix in English is Phoenix, the famous bird that rises from the ashes. Its main name was also changed from Joaquin to Leaf, which in English means leaf. It was also the first stage name adopted by the actor.
Joaquin Phoenix as The Joker (Photo: Warner Bros./Handout)
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