Joaquin Phoenix makes shocking revelation about weight loss in Joker 2

Joaquin Phoenix has recently made shocking revelation about his weight loss in upcoming sequel, Joker: Folie à Deux.

Speaking at Venice Film Festival press conference on September 4, Phoenix shared it was a “bit more difficult” because of dance rehearsals.

“I’m not going to talk through specifics of the diet, because I just think nobody wants to hear that,” he told reporters in a press room.

However, Phoenix remarked, “This time, it felt a bit more complicated just because there was so much dance rehearsal that we were doing, which I didn’t have last time,” per Variety.

“So, it felt a bit more difficult, but it is safe. But you’re right, I’m now 49, I probably shouldn’t do this again. This is probably it for me,” stated the Napolean actor.

In 2020, Phoenix made headlines after he lost 52 pounds preparing for his role as Arthur Fleck in the first movie.

Addressing his weight loss for the first Joker movie, the actor explained, “I know I was responsible last time for talking about it quite a bit, because it's difficult to do, so it becomes your obsession because you’re working through and trying to get to a certain weight.”

“So, then you can't help but talk about it, and then it just sounds like an actor going on and on about how much weight they lost,” he continued.

Phoenix added, “By the end of that run, I was so sick of myself and angry at myself for making such a thing of it, because you just do what you are supposed to do. So, this time, I was like, ‘I’m not going to do that.’”