Charles Melton had to transform his body to star in the Netflix drama in May-December and gain 20 kilos to play Joe.
Netflix turns attention back to the drama with May Decemberdirector’s film Todd Haynes with a Hollywood cast. The main characters are essentially Julianne Moore AND Natalie Portman, both Oscar winners. Sharing the stage with two Hollywood stars is… Charles Meltonactor, well known, especially to the public Riverdale who said it, interpret Joe Yuhe had to gain weight.
May December, Charles Melton says he gained 20 kilos to play Joe Yu
It’s not uncommon for the entertainment world to ask its actors for physical modifications. This happened, for example, with Joaquin Phoenixwhat for Joker he had to lose weight. However, Charles Melton had to gain 20 kilograms for the role in May December. Director Todd Haynes gave some backstory into the microphones. Vulture.
I am so grateful that Charles Melton entered our consciousness. I didn’t know him from Riverdale. His appearance was almost a deterrent. I felt that Joe would be a handsome man. But Charles has this awkwardness and pin-up quality to him that wasn’t necessarily what I imagined him to be. For the role, he gained 15 to 20 kilograms to transform his chiseled appearance into something more familiar: a suburban man. There is a wonderful physicality to the choices he has made as an actor. My friend watched a clip of the film and said, “Charles moves like he’s a child and an old man at the same time, the perfect combination,” which makes a lot of sense given his condition.
In May December Charles Melton plays Joe, a man who falls in love with a much older woman. Their love some time ago became a source of scandal, since at that time Joe was still a minor teenager, and Gracie was 36 years old. Their love overcame prejudice and time. In fact, they started a family, and now that their kids are ready to leave the nest for college, a movie star is knocking on their door to bring their story to the big screen. The arrival of Elizabeth Berry into their lives will undermine the couple’s already precarious balance. Will they be able to weather this new storm?