Taksahi SeldaAndra Day is detailing the extreme lengths she went through in order to complete her transformation into legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday.
Speaking Tuesday to W Magazine, Day, 36, revealed the “wild journey” she went on to prepare for the biopic The United States vs. Billie Holiday.
“There was the drastic weight loss. So I was originally 163 when I started. I got down to 124. I don’t necessarily recommend ,” the Grammy nominee disclosed, noting how she had to reenact the years when Holiday’s health was in decline due to her addiction to heroin and alcohol.
“I didn’t want my body to look like a gym body of
