Drastic weight changes are some of the controversial transformations that some actors undergo when playing a character in the movies.
Joaquin Phoenix
The actor who has accumulated three Oscar nominations for Gladiator (2000), Johnny and June: Passion and Madness (2005), and The Master: Every Man Needs a Guide (2013), underwent a major physical change for his most recent and successful Joker interpretation. He lost 50 pounds in four months on an apple-based diet supplemented with steamed green beans and lettuce. Despite criticism for his strict diet, the actor followed the diet under medical supervision.
Christian bale
The actor is known for his great transformations when performing his roles. The artist lives to the extreme and changes his eating routines from one day to the next to fully surrender to his role. His changes go from being in a rickety state to being obese. For the Vice tape, he increased to 100 kilos in weight, after having lost 44 kilos in his previous performance.
Matthew McConaughey
The actor who was immortalized as a Texan cowboy in Dallas Buyers Club, lost 20 kilos to play a terminally ill AIDS patient, a role for which he won an Oscar for Best Actor. The artist, who confessed to losing four kilos a week with the "extreme diet" said that it was based on two egg whites in the morning and a portion of chicken. "My body was like a baby bird asking me to feed it," he said in an interview.
50 Cent
The famous American rapper and actor, known for his muscular appearance, faced a tough routine to play a role in Things Fall Apart, a film that depicts the life of an American football player battling cancer. For this interpretation, the artist lost 20 kilos in 9 weeks. According to international media, 50 Cent was inspired by great actors who are used to these changes like Christian Bale.
Jared Leto
This actor was awarded the statuette for best supporting actor for the movie Dallas Buyers Club, the same film that made him lose around 15 kilos. The actor revealed that he barely ate: “I have come to do crazy things with my weight, but this was different and very hard. You feel fragile, delicate, insecure.” Jared Leto dropped to 50 kilos for the recording of the film in which he plays a terminally ill transgender.
Chris Pratt
The protagonist of the famous movie Jurassic World weighed 130 kilos. However, today he is in excellent health, he managed to lose 27 kilos. His main motivation, according to international media, was to get the lead in Guardians of the Galaxy. Previously, he had already been rejected to act in the Moneyball movie, due to those extra pounds, so he decided to start exercising and watch his diet.
