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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Catherine Shoard

FORGOTTEN HISTORY: I probably shouldn t do this again joaquin phoenix and lady gaga talk about difficult joker diets - Caught on Camera

Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix at the Venice film festival on Wednesday.
‘We fed him blueberries when he was really hungry’ … Lady Gaga and Joaquin Phoenix at the Venice film festival on Wednesday. Photograph: Daniele Cifalà/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock

Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga discussed the punishing diets each undertook for the Joker sequel, ahead of the film’s premiere at the Venice film festival.

At a press conference alongside the film’s writer-director, Todd Phillips, Phoenix talked about the pre-production regime he revisited, having lost 52lb – a little under 4 stone, or about 24kg – by eating mostly lettuce and steamed vegetables for the original.

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