In our understanding, stars, especially Hollywood, are the embodiment of beauty, the standard of attraction with ideal parameters. However, they sometimes have to change this stereotype in order to get the desired role.
Sometimes artificial lining and makeup is not enough to embody the conceived character on the screen, so the stars need to gain real extra weight, and quickly enough. In this article, we will speak about such celebrities who had to radically change their weight in the "+" line for the desired and highly paid role.
1. Robert De Niro
The world famous "Godfather" once scored an extra 27 kg to get the role of boxer Jack LaMota in the movie "The Raging Bull." Then even the director began to worry about the health of the actor, because a fast set of weight could seriously affect his health, but everything turned out, and, more than that, De Niro received for this role an Oscar in the nomination "Best Actor".
2. Jared Leto
Jared Leto in 2007 had to collect an extra 30 kg to embody the character of David Chapman in the movie "Chapter 27", which killed the legendary John Lennon. When the actor was asked: "What is the secret of rapid weight gain," he replied that he simply ate high-calorie food and consumed a lot of olive oil. But for him it did not pass without a trace: because of the fast set of extra weight the actor earned himself gout at a fairly young age.
3. Matt Damon
This talented actor for the sake of the role of well-fed "stool" Mark Whitaker in the film "Informant" scored an extra 15 kg to perfectly merge with the image. The actor says that he tried to eat more often for weight gain, and snacked even on the set, also chocolate was actively used, and in the evenings Matt helped to gain weight with beer.
4. René Zellweger
Renee, probably more often than others, gaining weight and losing weight. Of course, most of all she had to eat up her cheeks and sides for the image of the unforgettable Bridget Jones. In order to collect 15 kg, the actress ate fast food, donuts and a lot of sweets. After filming, she quickly dropped weight on a strict diet and sold her 2XL-sized things at a charity auction.
5. Vincent D'Onofrio
The role in the debut film "All-metal shell" for Vincent was triumphant, but for this to happen, the actor had to sweat. No, not in the gym on the simulators, but, on the contrary, for an extra portion of lunch and dinner. In his diet during the preparation for the film was only fat and high-calorie food.
6. Ryan Gosling
This actor is always in great shape, but for the role of a father who, after killing his daughter falls into despair, must launch himself. Ryan approached this issue with all responsibility, and, without hesitation, gained an extra 15 kg for the realism of his image. To the scales quickly showed the required weight gain, the actor stopped attending the gym, stopped limiting himself in the number of servings at dinner and leaned on sweets.
7. Charlize Theron
This mega beautiful woman, sex symbol and supermodel for the main role of the serial killer in the film "Monster" recovered by 14 kg and shaved her eyebrows, and inserted dentures that disfigured her impeccable smile. But these sacrifices and the highest acting skills eventually brought her "Oscar" for the best female role.
8. Tom Hanks
Talented and very popular in Hollywood, the actor played not one major role in many films, but often for this he had to drop an extra kilo. However, for one role in 2000, the actor had to go for reverse victims. To immaculately get used to the image of the prison warden in 1999 in the movie "The Green Mile", Tom needed to gain 15 extra pounds. It was not complicated, he just got late and had a hearty supper.
9. Svetlana Khodchenkova
At the beginning of the acting career Svetlana had to gain an extra 20 kg in order to get the main role in the film "Bless the Woman". But this extra weight did not make her ugly plump, but added some charm and attractiveness.
10. Julia Snigir
In order to brilliantly play the role of the Empress, the actress Yulia Snigir had to very quickly gain 13 kg, which turned out to be not an easy task for her. However, efforts were not in vain, her 100% hit in the image was noted by many critics.