Being A Paralyzed Faculty Patient, Adipati Dolken Learns Stephen Hawking's Life

JAKARTA - Adipati Dolken became a paralyzed nervous sufferer in the film Why do You Love Me. To play the character Baskara in this film, Adipati conducted various studies.

"The preparation is more studying the technical character of my character so that it can become a solid character," he explained at a media conference, Thursday, June 22.

He was paired with Jefri Nichol and Onadio Leonardo who also had special needs. Jefri Nichol as Danton who was diagnosed with brain tumors, paralyzed the lower part of his body. Then, Onad plays Miko who has retinitis of pigmento which makes him completely blind or blind.

The three of them started a road trip to Surabaya to gain sexual experience. In playing this character, Adipati Dolken has a lot of research and learned from scientist Stephen Hawking to explore his character as a paralyzed nervous person.

"For research, I'm looking for a figure first. Because for 2 weeks I have to make sure I'm in a wheelchair. So I'm looking for a reference, surely we all know, Stephen Hawking," said Adipati Dolken.

According to him, the figure of Stephen Hawking is very suitable for research materials in order to explore the role in the film Why Do You Love Me.

"At least it can be imitated, because of the need for a film. It's clear that the need for a film is there," he added.