MLB’s Freddie Freeman and his family are in the midst of a difficult time.

The Dodgers first baseman and his wife Chelsea Freeman shared that their 3-year-old son Maximus was rushed to the emergency room as he was experiencing severe pain that made it difficult for him to sit or stand.

“Please say a prayer for Maximus,” Chelsea wrote on her Instagram Story July 24, per Us Weekly. “Dr says he developed transient synovitis from the viral infection he had at All-Star Week. Day 3 of not being able to sit, stand or walk.”

Transient synovitis is a “temporary inflammation of the hip can cause limping and pain in the hip and leg,” according to Kids Health.

The 33-year-old also put out a plea out to her fans, asking if they had “any tips to help toddlers take/keep down medicine?”

“He is usually good at taking medicine,” she explained about Maximus, “but he keeps spitting it out.”

There have been all kinds of iterations of the Joker over the years. Some veered more towards the exaggerated mobster route, like Jack Nicholson in Tim Burton’s Batman; there was Heath Ledger’s nihilistic terrorist in The Dark Knight; Jared Leto’s eccentric tattooed gang leader in Suicide Squad. But in Joker, Joaquin Phoenix gave us a totally different conception of who Batman’s arch-nemesis might be – a lonely, disenfranchised failed comedian whose inner turmoil spills over into violent acts that bring out the darkness festering in Gotham City. In Todd Phillips’ film, Arthur Fleck wasn’t a villain, let alone a maniacal schemer – more a mercurial, unpredictable force moving through the world in his own unique way.

And so, in Joker: Folie À Deux – the much-anticipated sort-of-sequel that sends Fleck to Arkham, where he’ll strike up a music-fuelled relationship with Lady Gaga’s Harley ‘Lee’ Quinzel – we’ll be venturing further into Arthur Fleck’s psyche. But, in keeping with the previous film, it won’t see the Joker become Gotham’s Clown Prince Of Crime. “We would never do that,” Phillips explains to Empire in the world-exclusive Joker: Folie À Deux cover feature. “Because Arthur clearly is not a criminal mastermind. He was never that.” While Fleck isn’t angling to become a criminal figurehead in Arkham, the world is watching him. “Arthur has become this symbol to people,” Phillips says. “This unwilling, unwitting symbol now paying for the crimes of the first film, but at the same time finding the only thing he ever wanted, which was love. That’s always what he’s been about, even though he’s been pushed and pulled in all these directions. So we tried to just make the most pure version of that.”

That purity of character exploration dovetails with Folie À Deux’s most unexpected stylistic swing – that Fleck (and Gaga’s Lee) will break into song. It comes from the notion in the first film that, in Phillips’ words, Fleck “has music in him”. Cue Phoenix singing showtunes, as channelled through Arthur. “It was important to protect that with poor phrasing and occasional bum notes,” the actor tells Empire. “Arthur grew up hearing his mother play these songs on the radio. He’s not a singer, and he shouldn’t sound like a professional singer. He should sound like somebody that’s taking a shower and just bursts out into song.”

He was, however, performing opposite the professional singer, Lady Gaga. “I do seem to remember her spitting up coffee the first time I sang, so that felt good, that was exciting, and made me feel confident,” he jokes. Together, they found a creative harmony. “Gaga was always very encouraging of just, ‘Go with what you feel, it’s fine’,” says Phoenix. “For somebody who’s not a performer in that way, it can be… uncomfortable to do that, but also very exciting.” Prepare for one hell of a cinematic duet.

Another important tool to keep in mind? A well-rounded diet.  

“Ryan eats a balanced diet of protein, carbs and healthy fats,” the trainer added. “His meals are going to be things like salmon, chicken, turkey. Carbohydrates are gonna be sweet potatoes, rice, quinoa. He’ll consume some green veggies.”

But that’s not to say a little treat every now and then is off the table—even Ryan indulges.

“He’ll consume some protein powder with oatmeal—that’s a little treat,” Don said. “It’s a good protein and carb friendly meal for him.”

Still, Don curated the Deadpool 3 sequence in a way that will allow anyone to get a good workout in—and he has some full-proof tips even for those who don’t fight off the bad guys alongside Hugh Jackman. 

“Consistency trumps intensity,” he said. “You don’t have to turn around and do the full workout. If you don’t have time, you can cut everything in half, get it done quicker, but always focus on technique.”

And Deadpool 3 workout or not, Don notes that quality is better than quantity. 

“A big misconception is that people come in here and they try and go 110 percent,” he added. “Baby yourself. Go easy—just do the work. It doesn’t matter how much weight you’re adding to the bar or grabbing with dumbbells, Actually learn the technique. If you start becoming consistent with the days you get in, and moving the way that I’m asking you to move, great things are gonna happen.”

Deadpool and Wolverine is now in theaters.