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WEEKEND.
THE REVIEWS FOR THE FILM ARE
STELLAR.
BUT YOU WON'T GET MORE THAN A
FEW PARAGRAPHS IN BEFORE CRITICS
MENTION THE MOST
ATTENTION-GRABBING ASPECT.
IT STARS MATTHEW McCONAUGHEY AND
JARED LETO LOST STARTLING
AMOUNTS OF WEIGHT TO PORTRAY
AIDS PATIENTS DURING THE
EPIDEMIC OF THE 1980s.
YOU CAN IMAGINE THEM PRACTICING
THEIR OSCAR SPEECHES IN THEIR
TRAILERS AS THEY UNDERGO
PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATIONS BUT THE
BIG QUESTION, IS IT WORTH THE
HEALTH RISK?
>> THE WAY YOU WALK, THE WAY YOU
TALK, THE WAY YOU THINK.
>> 40% OF THE ENERGY I LOST FROM
THE NECK DOWN SUBLIMATED TO THE
NECK UP.
>> FOR THESE TWO, TRANSFORMING
INTO THEIR CHARACTERS HAS BECOME
A FULL BODY EXPERIENCE.
>> YOU'VE TESTED POSITIVE FOR
***.
>> THEIR ROLES IN THE DALLAS
BUYERS CLUB AS PATIENTS WITH ***
REQUIRED EACH TO EMBARK ON AN
INTENSE WEIGHT LOSS REGIME,
GOING FROM FIT STARS TO DYING
CHARACTERS WITHIN MONTHS.
>> I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU.
>> I STOPPED COUNTING BETWEEN 30
AND 40 POUNDS.
IT PROVIDES A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
FRAGILITY TO THE CHARACTER WHICH
WAS ESSENTIAL HERE.
>> ESSENTIAL, PERHAPS, TO
CONVINCE THE AUDIENCE.
NOTHING CONVEYS COMMITMENT TO
VIEWERS MORE THAN A RIGOROUS AND
INTENSE PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION.
IT CONVEYS COMMITMENT TO VOTERS
AT THE ACADEMY AWARDS, TOO.
JUST LOOK AT BEST ACTOR AWARD
RECIPIENT ROBERT DENIRO IN
"RAGING BULL."
BOTH AS YOUNG CUT JAKE LAMOTTA
AND OLDER OVERWEIGHT LAMOTTA.
OR BEST ACTRESS, CHARLIZE THERON
IN MONSTER.
OR MULTI AWARD WINNER, TOM
HANKS, IN "PHILADELPHIA."
OR "CASTAWAY."
HANKS WAS RECENTLY DIAGNOSED
WITH TYPE 2 DIABETES AND TOLD
THE BBC THAT GAINING WEIGHT FOR
ROLES DID NOT HELP HIS HEALTH.
>> YOU DON'T EXERCISE VERY MUCH
AND YOU KIND OF EAT WHATEVER YOU
WANT TO.
I CAN'T IMAGINE THAT WAS GOOD
FOR BLOOD SUGAR BUT I'M NOT
GOING TO SAY OH, I HAVE TYPE 2
DIABETES BECAUSE I DID
"CASTAWAY."
>> CELEBRITY NUTRITION EXPERTS
SAY FOR ACTORS T MOTIVATIONS AND
RISKS ARE SIZEABLE.
>> AFFECTING WEIGHT THAT IS FAR
BELOW THEIR NORMAL IS REALLY A
DIFFICULT THING FOR THE BODY TO
ADJUST TO.
SO THERE'S PROBLEMS WITH SLEEP.
THERE'S PROBLEMS WITH ENERGY
LEVEL.
BUT IT CAN BE DONE AT LEAST
SAFELY IN THE TIME FRAME THAT'S
ALLOWED FOR IT.
>> KELLER HELPED JAKE GYLLENHAAL
GAIN WEIGHT FOR 2010'S "PRINCE
OF PERSIA " BUT HE CAUGHT A
DIFFERENT FIGURE LAST MONTH AS
HE PREPARED FOR A SMALLER ROLE.
>> I'M PLAYING A CHARACTER WHO
IS HUNGRY, LITERALLY AND
FIGURATIVELY.
>> HE'S A VERY HEALTHY EATER SO
I'M ASSUMING THAT FOR THIS ROLE,
HE'S DOING IT IN A HEALTHY
FASHION.
WE DON'T TOTALLY ELIMINATE ANY
PARTICULAR MACRO NUTRIENT SOURCE
AND WE KEEP THE DIET FAIRLY WELL
BALANCED SO THAT WE TRY TO
MINIMIZE THE CRAVINGS THAT
PEOPLE HAVE.
>> FOR THESE ACTORS, THOSE
CRAVINGS ARE FAR OUTWEIGHED BY
THEIR DESIRE TO LOOK THE PART.
>> IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS
WHERE YOU CAN ONLY FAKE IT SO
MUCH.
>> MILA KUNIS AND NATALIE
PORTMAN TRAINED INTENSELY FOR
2010'S "BLACK SWAN."
>> I NEEDED TO HAVE MY
COLLARBONE PROTRUDE.
>> REPEAT EFFORTS ARE NOT
UNCOMMON.
SIX YEARS BEFORE "BUYERS CLUB"
LETO PLAYED JOHN LENNON'S KILLER
AND ADDED A WHOPPING 67 POUNDS
TO HIS NATURALLY THIN FRAME.
>> YOU'RE SERIOUS.
YOU'RE NOT JOKING.
>> IT IS KIND OF A GROSS THING
TO DO TO YOURSELF.
I WILL NEVER DO IT AGAIN.