Adrian Brody said in a new interview with New York Magazine that he has Ptsd from starring in Roman Polanski’s 2002 biographical drama “The Pianist,” which won him the Oscar for best actor. Brody stars in the film as Holocaust survivor Władysław Szpilman. He prepared for the role by putting himself on a near-starvation diet in order to lose 30 pounds and bring his weight to just 129 pounds. Per the magazine, Brody “was barely drinking water by the time they started filming.”

“That was a physical transformation that was necessary for storytelling,” Brody said, looking back. “But then that kind of opened me up, spiritually, to a depth of understanding of emptiness and hunger in a way that I didn’t know, ever.”

When asked if has Ptsd from the experience, Brody answered: “I do, yeah.”

“I definitely had an eating disorder for at least a year,” he added. “And then...