Andra Day has fully committed herself to taking on the role of jazz singer Billie Holiday. The 36-year-old musician's first major on-screen role will be to play Holiday in the upcoming Hulu film,, and the role caused her to sacrifice herself physically. “I basically abused my body for a long time,” Day said during 's Actors on Actors with Leslie Odom Jr. “I’m joking and not really joking." Day landed the role in 2018 and got to work researching Holiday and emulating her actions. «I put my family through it; I put myself through it,” she shared. “I went from 163 pounds to 124 pounds.
I would talk like her and I don’t drink or smoke, but I started smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol. Not that I recommend people do this; I just was.
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