Kuleli sonto, uJoaquin Phoenix, uRooney Mara noBilly Balshi basiza izishoshovu zenhlangano yomusa indawo yomngane wami ukusabalalisa abantu abasha abangenakhaya eLos Angeles. Ngokubambisana nabo bekukhona abazali uBilly - Maggie Braid noPatrick O'Connell.
Ezinhlobonhlobo zokuphawula, uHoakin noRooney, bathi: "Ngaleso sikhathi, lapho abantu abaningi bekhathalela impilo yabo, bakhuphuka kanjani ukudla okuswele."
"Kuyamangaza ukuthi ukuthathwa kwethu kukusiza kanjani ngokudla okudingayo ngesikhathi sikaKovida ukuguqula ukunyakaza kwangempela. Sicabange ukuthi kuzosebenza izinyanga eziningana, kodwa kwaba yinhlangano yokuzithandela eyayisebenza unyaka. Sisabalalisa ukudla kwe-vegan okunempilo, abantu bayazi ukuthi kusesisekelweni semifino, futhi nakanjani imvelo, ngakho-ke ngifuna ukwenza le bhizinisi ngisho nangaphezulu, "kusho uMaggie.
Indodakazi yakhe uBilly ikhule imifino, kwathi ngonyaka ka-2014, umculi osemusha wanquma ukuqhubeka futhi wenqaba ngokuphelele imikhiqizo yezilwane. "Ngangikulula ukuba yi-vegan, ngoba inyama ayikaze ibe nencazelo kimi," kusho uSilish.
UHouakin Phoenix uyi-vegan kusuka eminyakeni emithathu. Umlingisi uhlangabezana nobunzima ngenxa yesimo sezemvelo emhlabeni kanye nokushintsha kwesimo sezulu, okuxhumeke ngokwengxenye nomyeni wezilwane. Esikhathini esedlule ngoJanuwari, ngokuzithoba kwakhe, umkhosi we-Oscar "wakhuphuka". Ngokusho kwePhoenix, umqondo wokunqanyulwa kokudla kwezilwane kwavela ebuntwaneni bakhe obude lapho enobaba wakhe ngokudoba futhi wabona ukuthi izinhlanzi zabanjwa zihlupheka kanjani.