‘Morbius’: Jared Leto Was So Method & Committed He Had To Use A Wheelchair To Go To The Bathroom

Sony’s “Morbius” is finally in theaters and while people are endlessly sharing their hot takes of the poorly-reviewed superhero film (including our review) and ‘Spider-Man’ spin-off, what might be even more interesting is all the behind-the-scenes shenanigans of Jared Leto, who as one person joked on Twitter today, might be the Daniel Day-Lewis of bad movies.

Uproxx recently spoke with director Daniel Espinosa about the film —and while he couldn’t come up with a good answer when pressed about what Sony’s plans for the movie were and what they changed—what’s even more interesting is some of the rumors they heard. The outlet brought up an on-set story that Leto’s established use of method-acting made its way to the filming of “Morbius.” The actor was so committed to playing Dr. Michael Morbius, a character that has health and mobility issues, that when going to the bathroom between takes would use his crutches and would slowly limp to get to the bathroom. The obvious time this would take was impacting production and a compromise was struck with someone being tasked to use a wheelchair to get Leto to the bathroom.

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Espinosa confirmed the story and defended the actor’s choice to take the Morbius role beyond when cameras were rolling.

“…I think that what Jared thinks, what Jared believes, is that somehow the pain of those movements, even when he was playing normal Michael Morbius, he needed because he’s been having this pain his whole life. Even though, as he’s alive and strong, it has to be a difference. Hey, man, it’s people’s processes.”

The filmmaker added that his job is to be supportive of his actors and suggests that normality isn’t a hallmark of the industry.

“All of the actors believe in processes. And you, as director, you support whatever makes it as good as you can be”

“But it’s more that I think the directors that don’t like actors get really frustrated about that,” Espinosa continued. “I think it’s really mysterious, what they do. Almost all actors, in general, have their own reputation of being an interesting person how he works with their characters. I think that all of them have these traits. If you want a completely normal person that does only things that you understand, then you’re in the wrong business. Because what’s different is what makes them tick. It’s very hard to be able to say, ‘I can take this part away and I will still get the same stuff from him.’ I don’t do that. I’m more to see like, ‘Hey, if you’re doing this, we have to do this.’”

The actor’s bizarre on/off set antics are nothing new as there were various stories of Leto annoying cast members of “Suicide Squad,” where the actor sent multiple crude “Joker packages” to co-stars, and a lot of that nonsense ended up overshadowing the film itself.