11 actors and actresses who had to radically modify the body
1. Natalie Portman
To bring Nina to life, the troubled ballerina of “Black Swan” (2010), Natalie Portman, lost about 10 kg. The effort seems to have paid off: her performance in the film earned her the Best Actress Oscar.
2. Matthew McConaughey
Thanks to a strict diet and exercise, the actor eliminated approximately 22 kg to play Ron Woodroof, the protagonist of “Dallas Shopping Club” (2013), who carried the HIV virus.
3. Cassia Slim Kis
To give more realism to Dulce, a domestic suffered in the soap opera "Morde e Assopra" (2011), the actress gave up vanity and suggested using the rotten teeth prosthesis.
4. Chris Hemsworth
To prove that it was the best choice to live in for “Thor” (2011) protagonist Hemsworth, who was not at all muscular, became a regular gymgoer. The commitment, as you can see, has had an effect.
5. Matt Damon
In 1996, in about 3 months, Damon lost 18 kg before he began shooting the movie "Courage Under Fire." At the time, the unbalanced diet eventually damaged the health of the actor.
6. Tom Hanks
To give life to HIV-positive lawyer Andrew Beckett of “Philadelphia” in 1993, the actor needed to lose 20 pounds. Years later, he had to eliminate 20 kg again and let his beard grow to perform in "Castaway" (2000).
7. Renée Zellweger
Not only weight loss diets make Hollywood stars: to play Bridget Jones, for example, actress Renée Zellweger had to put on 15 pounds.
8. Robert DeNiro
Another actor who had to gain weight was Robert DeNiro, who played boxer Jake LaMotta in “Raging Bull” (1980). To do so, he had to convince the film's director, Martin Scorsese, to take boxing lessons for a year and put on 25 pounds.
9. Grazi Massafera
In the soap opera "Truths Secrets" (2015), to interpret Larissa, a model that was sinking in the world of drugs, the Paraná eliminated almost 5 kg.
10.50 Cent
The rapper lost 30 pounds to portray, in “Fighting a Champion” (2011), Deon, a football player who discovered at the height of his career that he had cancer. He ran three hours daily and had a basically liquid diet.
11. Anne Hathaway
To perform in the musical "The Miserables" (2012), the eternal princess Mia of "The Diary of a Princess" managed to eliminate 11 kg and also took home the Best Supporting Actress statuette of 2013.
