Adrien Brody
John Kobaloff/Getty ImagesAdrien Brody He lost 30 pounds for his 2003 role in pianistWhich had lasting effects on his body.
“It was a physical transformation that was necessary for the storytelling,” Brody, 51, said. New York Magazine In a profile published on Monday, December 23. “But then, that kind of knowledge opened me up, spiritually, to a deep understanding of emptiness and hunger in a way I had never known.”
Brody portrays a radio station musician Vladislav Shpilman IIn the biographical film, it chronicles how the character survived during World War II in Poland. The film earned Brody his first Academy Award. After that, the actor suffered from PTSD and eating disorders.
“I definitely had an eating disorder for at least a year,” Brody said. New York Magazine. “Then I was depressed for a year if not a lifetime. I'm kidding, I'm kidding.”
to Get into characterthe outlet reported that he “put himself on a near-starvation diet” and ate only “little bits of protein” while playing Chopin on the piano for an hour on end. Brody was reportedly “barely drinking water” when filming began.
after pianist Wrapped up and Brody won an Oscar, he took a year break from acting.
“I admit the level was high,” he recalls. “I'd rather not list movies that I felt were particularly disastrous.”
After a series of less successful roles, Brody took another hiatus around 2018. His girlfriendFashion designer Georgina Chapmanwhich later inspired his comeback.
“It just helped me recalibrate,” Brody told the outlet. “It helped me realize that it would be a waste to let frustrations interfere with pursuing what I'm capable of doing with an open heart.”
Brody will star next Brutal About the artist Laszlo Tothwho fled Nazi-occupied Europe during the Holocaust.
“Brutal “I broke some illusion about the need for suffering to extend beyond what I needed to conjure the character,” Brody said. “It was surprising to me that I didn't need to bring home a lot of my suffering.”
Like with pianistBrody also felt a responsibility to portray Toth authentically Brutal.
“I knew when it felt honest and when it didn't,” he explained. “Hungarian sensitivity, sensitivity and strength is a quality that transcends language and is noticeable to me, and it is present in that character.”
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