Roman Polanski's film The Pianist crudely captured the experiences in the Jewish ghettos during Nazi Germany. In addition to the impact that the film had on viewers, the performance given by Adrien Brody in the award-winning film.
What few know is that to prepare for the role in that film, the actor suffered after-effects that accompanied him for several years.
The consequences that Adrien Brody suffered after his performance in The Pianist
In a recent interview with New York Magazine, actor Adrien Brody commented that he suffered post-traumatic disorder after starring in The Pianist.
In that performance that earned him an Oscar for Best Actor, Brody plays Wadysaw Szpilmana musician who survived the Holocaust, for which he prepared by following a diet taken to the limit that led him to weigh only 57 kilos.
“It was a physical transformation necessary to tell stories. But then that opened me up, spiritually, to a deep understanding of emptiness and hunger in a way I had never known before,” Adrien Brody recalled.
When asked about the effects he had after his performance, the actor stated that in addition to having post-traumatic stress, he suffered other collateral damage. “Yeah. I have suffered it. “I definitely had an eating disorder for at least a year.”he added. “And then I was depressed for a yearif not all life. “I'm kidding, I'm kidding,” he commented.
Adrien Brody's present
As mentioned above, thanks to his performance in The Pianist, Adrien Brody managed to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, being the youngest winner in the history of the category.
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Adrien Brody en The Brutalist.
Currently, the performer is once again emerging as a favorite in the current awards season, due to his work in The Brutalistwhich earned him a best actor award from the New York Film Critics Circle.
