Many actors have spoken up about it, and others have evenrefusedto change their weight for a role.
2.Jacob Elordiatea pound of bacon every day to playElvis PresleyinPriscilla(2023).
Sofia Coppola, the director,explainedthat Priscilla Presley told them that Elvis liked really burnt bacon.
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I averaged, like, a pound of bacon a day, Elordi said.
Its not that noticeable because Im quite long, but I was the biggest Ive ever been.
3.Matthew McConaugheylost47lbs for his role as an emaciated AIDS patient inDallas Buyers Club(2013).
He did this by eating extremely small portions of food each day.
“It was tough going, Im not going to lie.
The dieting was pretty hardcore.
I was losing 7lbs every week.
Heshared, “I got down to 143lbs, and I was always hungry and irritable.
It changes the way you walk, the way you sit, the way you think.
5.Jared Letolost 28 poundsto play a heroin addict inRequiem for a Dream(2000).
He lost the weight by nibbling on small bites of raw vegetables.
He revealed, “I was in a constant state of hunger.
I started fainting when I was on the set.”
“I couldn’t walk long distances; I had a wheelchair because it was so painful.
My body was in shock from the amount of weight I gained.”
To gain the weight, he shared the one specific food that he ate often.
Ive just eaten a lot of pies, so far, hetoldVariety.
He also went to a professional to help him gain the weight.
“For me to gain weight, that was the toughest part, man,” Milessaid.
And I remember for dinner specifically, it was 20 ounces of certain fish or steak.
And so you’re just eating so much.
That’s really what I didn’t enjoy.”
“Everyone ate water.
It was a lot of air being eaten,” Jaysaid.
“Every single person on this cast was in the gym every single day.”
When she asked, “Do you have to eat so well?”
He said, “That’s not even healthy.
You have to starve yourself.
I don’t think when you’re that lean, it’s actually healthy.”
11.Bradley Cooperhad togain weight for his role inAmerican Sniper(2014).
Bradley’s personal trainer said that to do this, We had to force-feed him.
That was the hardest part.
Bradleysaid, It was a real shock to my body.
If its pizza and cake, thats one thing.
Putting 6,000 calories a day in your body gets old quick.
Really, it was so hard.
Youre working with almost no wiggle room.
Youve got things like water under your skin youre worrying about.
Making your six-pack into a four-pack.
Thats just not… its just stupid.
Its just not real.
When I shotBaywatch, I didnt have a carb for like six months.
I almost lost my mind.
Like, its so good.”
I would walk around on set constantly eating.
During that time, he didn’t consume any sugar, dairy, or fast carbs.
He mostly ate steak, chicken, and smoked fish.
14.ForTerminator Genisys(2015), Jai Courtneyfocusedon getting lean.
We’d crank the music way up and set the time for the big circuits we’d do."
ForSuicide Squad(2016),Jaiconstantly atea lot of protein to bulk up.
He said, “It was one of those things that was exhausting at first.
I was so into what I was doing that I wasnt really concerned with that.
I just kept looking at myself in the mirror feeling like I have to be smaller.
I had to match.
To lose weight, he ate only 500 calories a day.
Just tried a new diet/training program called “Lost At Sea”.
The dietdamagedhis adrenal gland and he spent a year and a half on medication to try and fix it.
Hesaid, “I think you pay the price with any drastic physical changes.
I certainly have joints that click that probably shouldn’t click, you know what I mean?
And carrying my children is a little bit harder than it used to be.”
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