Harry Goldfarb

"You are the most beautiful girl in the world. You are my dream."

- Harry admiring Marion Silver without saying that he loves her.

Harry Goldfarb is the hidden main antagonist of the acclaimed 1978 book and 2000 film entitled Requiem for a Dream.

He is portrayed by Academy Award Winner Jared Leto who also portrayed The Joker in Suicide Squad.

History
Harry Goldfarb is the only child of his parents. As he became a young adult, he decided to steal his mother's television and make money for selling opioids. He teamed up with his life-long friend Tyrone C. Love and his lover Marion Silver to sell and use all of the drugs for a euphoric experience. Once he saw his mother, he learned that she took ecstasy pills from an unreliable pharmacist as part of a diet routine. He kept injecting heroin on his left arm and ignored how infected it was. He and Tyrone plan out to sell more drugs at Florida. He yelled at Marion for failing one of his goals and sent her off to a prostitution center. As he and Tyrone get to Florida, they get arrested. For Harry, his infected arm had to be amputated. He lost all hope in seeing his friends and mother.

Personality
Harry Goldfarb is an angsty man who has been through trauma and admires being a criminal. However, he has some sympathy with his mother, his girlfriend and Tyrone. On the other hand, he gets very abusive towards them and doesn't properly state his love towards them.

Trivia

 * For the 2000 film, Jared Leto had to avoid sugar for a month to understand how withdrawal can be for his role.