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| Body image: how actors push their bodies to the limits | Body image: how actors push their bodies to the limits |
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| Matthew McConaughey | Matthew McConaughey |
| Before: 84kg (13st 3lb/185lb)After: 61kg (9st 8lb/134lb) | Before: 84kg (13st 3lb/185lb)After: 61kg (9st 8lb/134lb) |
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| McConaughey has already scooped a number of industry accolades for his role in Dallas Buyers Club, which he prepared for by consuming only Diet Coke, egg whites, chicken and the odd spoonful of tapioca. He has won both the Screen Actors Guild award for best actor and the Golden Globe for best actor (drama). He has also been nominated for best actor at this year's Oscars. | McConaughey has already scooped a number of industry accolades for his role in Dallas Buyers Club, which he prepared for by consuming only Diet Coke, egg whites, chicken and the odd spoonful of tapioca. He has won both the Screen Actors Guild award for best actor and the Golden Globe for best actor (drama). He has also been nominated for best actor at this year's Oscars. |
| Jared Leto | Jared Leto |
| Before: 70kg (10st 12lb/152lb)After: 100kg (15st 10lb/220lb) | Before: 70kg (10st 12lb/152lb)After: 100kg (15st 10lb/220lb) |
| Although the film fell a little flat, Leto was praised for his portrayal of John Lennon's killer, Mark David Chapman, in the 2007 biographical film, Chapter 27. Fingers crossed that goes some way to making all the pints of microwaved ice cream mixed with soy sauce and olive oil Leto consumed for his speedy bulk-up worthwhile. | |
| Tom Hanks | Tom Hanks |
| Before: 101kg (15st 12lb/222lb)After: 77kg (12st 1lb/169lb) | Before: 101kg (15st 12lb/222lb)After: 77kg (12st 1lb/169lb) |
| Hanks was nominated for a best actor Oscar and won best actor at the Golden Globes for his role as a stranded FedEx employee in Castaway. Volleyball Wilson also won big: best inanimate object at the Critics' Choice Awards. The film was shot in two parts: the first (podgier) part and then, a year later, the part with a slimmed-down Hanks. (Director Robert Zemeckis went away and shot What Lies Beneath in between.) | Hanks was nominated for a best actor Oscar and won best actor at the Golden Globes for his role as a stranded FedEx employee in Castaway. Volleyball Wilson also won big: best inanimate object at the Critics' Choice Awards. The film was shot in two parts: the first (podgier) part and then, a year later, the part with a slimmed-down Hanks. (Director Robert Zemeckis went away and shot What Lies Beneath in between.) |
| Renée Zellweger | Renée Zellweger |
| Before: 49kg (7st 10lb/108lb)After: 59kg (9st 4lb/130lb) | Before: 49kg (7st 10lb/108lb)After: 59kg (9st 4lb/130lb) |
| Zellweger won a best actress Academy award nomination for her role as the chardonnay-drinking, Nilsson-singing singleton in the first of the Helen Fielding series, Bridget Jones's Diary. Post-filming she shed the extra weight quicker than you could scribble "Bridget Jones 4 Mark Darcy 4eva" in your diary. | Zellweger won a best actress Academy award nomination for her role as the chardonnay-drinking, Nilsson-singing singleton in the first of the Helen Fielding series, Bridget Jones's Diary. Post-filming she shed the extra weight quicker than you could scribble "Bridget Jones 4 Mark Darcy 4eva" in your diary. |
| Robert De Niro | Robert De Niro |
| Before: 66kg (10st 5lb/145lb) After: 96kg (15st 1lb/211lb) | Before: 66kg (10st 5lb/145lb) After: 96kg (15st 1lb/211lb) |
| De Niro won an Academy award and a Golden Globe for best actor for his portrayal of boxer Jake LaMotta, in Martin Scorsese's 1980 masterpiece. De Niro not only had to gain weight for the scenes showing an over-the-hill LaMotta, but also undergo intensive physical training for the fights. He even entered three real boxing matches, winning two. | De Niro won an Academy award and a Golden Globe for best actor for his portrayal of boxer Jake LaMotta, in Martin Scorsese's 1980 masterpiece. De Niro not only had to gain weight for the scenes showing an over-the-hill LaMotta, but also undergo intensive physical training for the fights. He even entered three real boxing matches, winning two. |
| Christian Bale | Christian Bale |
| Before: 78kg (12st 3lb/171lb)After: 50kg (7st 12lb/110lb) | Before: 78kg (12st 3lb/171lb)After: 50kg (7st 12lb/110lb) |
| Bale shed the pounds for his role in this 2004 psychological thriller by eating just one can of tuna and an apple a day, and taking up smoking to curb his appetite. The role won him a nomination for British actor of the year at London Film Critics' Circle Awards. | Bale shed the pounds for his role in this 2004 psychological thriller by eating just one can of tuna and an apple a day, and taking up smoking to curb his appetite. The role won him a nomination for British actor of the year at London Film Critics' Circle Awards. |
| Matt Damon | Matt Damon |
| Before: 75kg (11st 11lb/165lb) After: 91kg (14st 4lb/200lb) | Before: 75kg (11st 11lb/165lb) After: 91kg (14st 4lb/200lb) |
| Matt Damon ate as if he was still in college – guzzling steak, Doritos, beer and other kinds of fatty foods – for his role as Mark Whitacre, a corporate whistleblower/embezzler, in Steven Soderbergh's 2009 film. Damon was nominated for a Golden Globe for best actor (musical or comedy) for the role, although apparently having a big belly to parade around was reward enough. | Matt Damon ate as if he was still in college – guzzling steak, Doritos, beer and other kinds of fatty foods – for his role as Mark Whitacre, a corporate whistleblower/embezzler, in Steven Soderbergh's 2009 film. Damon was nominated for a Golden Globe for best actor (musical or comedy) for the role, although apparently having a big belly to parade around was reward enough. |
| Charlize Theron | Charlize Theron |
| Before: 55kg (8st 9lb/120lb) After: 68kg (10st 9lb/149lb) | Before: 55kg (8st 9lb/120lb) After: 68kg (10st 9lb/149lb) |
| Theron won the best actress Oscar for this role for which she not only bulked up, but also "ugly-ed up", donning prosthetic teeth, blotchy makeup and shaving off her eyebrows. Awards aside, Roger Ebert waxed lyrical about Theron's empathetic and courageous portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos. | Theron won the best actress Oscar for this role for which she not only bulked up, but also "ugly-ed up", donning prosthetic teeth, blotchy makeup and shaving off her eyebrows. Awards aside, Roger Ebert waxed lyrical about Theron's empathetic and courageous portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos. |
| Tom Hardy | Tom Hardy |
| Before: 68kg (10st 9lb/149lb)After: 79kg (12st 6lb/174lb) | Before: 68kg (10st 9lb/149lb)After: 79kg (12st 6lb/174lb) |
| In a film that was co-written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, Hardy plays armed robber and bareknuckle boxer, Charles Bronson. The real-life Bronson was at first not happy with the casting, but the usually slight Hardy soon beefed up with the help of his trainer, Peanut. | In a film that was co-written and directed by Nicolas Winding Refn, Hardy plays armed robber and bareknuckle boxer, Charles Bronson. The real-life Bronson was at first not happy with the casting, but the usually slight Hardy soon beefed up with the help of his trainer, Peanut. |
| Michael Fassbender | Michael Fassbender |
| Before: 73kg (11st 6lb/160lb) After: 58kg (9st 1lb/127lb) | Before: 73kg (11st 6lb/160lb) After: 58kg (9st 1lb/127lb) |
| Fassbender won best actor at the British Independent film awards for his portrayal of Bobby Sands, the Republican prisoner who led the 1981 IRA Maze Prison hunger strike. At his lowest weight, Fassbender was the weight at which Sands made his last diary entry. Fassbender's first meal after filming finished? Sushi. | Fassbender won best actor at the British Independent film awards for his portrayal of Bobby Sands, the Republican prisoner who led the 1981 IRA Maze Prison hunger strike. At his lowest weight, Fassbender was the weight at which Sands made his last diary entry. Fassbender's first meal after filming finished? Sushi. |
| • This article was amended on the 29 January. The original stated that Jared Leto weighed 51kg (8st) in Chapter 27. This has been corrected. | • This article was amended on the 29 January. The original stated that Jared Leto weighed 51kg (8st) in Chapter 27. This has been corrected. |