However, embodying the troubled vocalist wasn’t easy for the actormentally or physically.
Day went from 163 to 124 pounds for the role.
To properly embody Holiday, Day lost 39 pounds.
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“But honestly, I did kind of starve myself a bit when I was on set.”
Day says that she didn’t want her body to look too fit for the part.
“I didn’t want my body to look like a gym body of 2020.
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It had to look like loose skin and parts.
That, for me, was important: having a body true to that period.”
For the average person, this is certainly not a tip to follow.
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I’m very fast, and she’s like molasses," Day explained toW.
I didn’t want to be terrible."
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