Requiem for a Dream

…performance as an addict in Requiem for a Dream (2000) was critically lauded, as was her turn as first lady Barbara Bush in Oliver Stone’s W. (2008). In 2014 she played the grown daughter of a spaceship pilot in the big-screen drama Interstellar. Burstyn’s later credits included Lucy in the…

…and degradation in Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream (2000). She then appeared in the Jackson Pollock biopic Pollock (2000). Connelly earned a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as an Oscar for A Beautiful Mind. She went on to star with Ben Kingsley in House of…

…film was the cult favorite Requiem for a Dream (2000), based on Hubert Selby, Jr.’s 1978 book of the same name about four people struggling with various addictions, including to diet pills and heroin. The film employed what became Aronofsky’s trademark technique: the hip-hop montage, a style that features quick-cut…

…heroin addict in Darren Aronofsky’s Requiem for a Dream (2000), Leto gained a reputation for going to exceptional lengths in order to prepare for a role. He lost some 25 pounds (11 kg) and reportedly lived on the streets with junkies in preparation for the film. Leto appeared in the…