How Method Acting Became a Joke

Jared Leto’s Joker method acting on Suicide Squad became infamous after stories spread about him staying in character, sending a live rat to Margot Robbie, and giving bullets to Will Smith, but his bizarre behavior was only one example of Method acting going too far. From Robert De Niro gaining 70 pounds for Raging Bull and Christian Bale’s extreme weight loss for The Machinist, to Jim Carrey staying in character as Andy Kaufman for Man on the Moon and Daniel Day-Lewis refusing to leave his wheelchair on My Left Foot, this video breaks down how Method acting became one of Hollywood’s strangest behind-the-scenes obsessions.

0:00 Intro

0:58 Marlon Brando

2:40 Taxi Driver

3:28 Serpico

4:03 Dustin Hoffman

4:50 Raging Bull

5:29 Christian Bale

6:27 Heath Ledger

7:20 Jared Leto

9:19 Daniel Day Lewis

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