presstelegram.com: Jared Leto was a little out of breath when he got on the phone to talk to me this week about his movie “Chapter 27,” which opens in limited release Friday.
I wondered if he was just back from a workout. After all, he’d gained 67 pounds to play John Lennon’s killer, Mark David Chapman, in the movie.
“No, I’m leaving for Africa in a couple of hours,” he said as he settled in for a chat.
Why Africa?
His alternative rock band, 30 Seconds to Mars, is playing shows in Capetown and Johannesburg. It’s his first trip to the continent since making 2005’s “Lord of War.”
But Jared wanted to take some time to talk thoughtfully about “Chapter 27,” a movie that required more of the 36-year-old actor than any previous role.
“What was interesting is it changed everything about who I was physically,” he said of the weight gain. “It changed the way I walked, the way I talked – and even changed the way I laughed. It was essential to discover a different side of myself.”
Now back to his trim self, Jared said he would never do something like that again to his body.
“When I was making (“Chapter 27″), I eventually had to go to the doctor. I was getting very, very ill. … It was a very painful thing to do. Toward the end of shooting, I could barely walk without being in severe, severe pain.”
While the dramatic weight gain was the most obvious part of his preparation for the role, the internal process was heavily involved.
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i read it…a truly passionated man, he almost killed himself for the role but still did it…just to understand the failure of man, although it was deathly to his health he didnt want to use a fat suite, he's crazy but he's an admirable and honorable man
…so why africa? xD
By kate_marsh on 03.23.08 9:19 pm | Permalink
amazing man…..
By Suzy on 03.23.08 11:01 pm | Permalink
wooow how can you call him??
By lisaa on 03.24.08 7:12 am | Permalink
he gives so much
and good tht he wont put himself under tht again
must of been torture.
By livediebleed34 on 03.25.08 4:22 am | Permalink
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