when movie roles go too far..

[KristinCB]

I'm not even supposed to be browsing the internet (slap me with a ruler) but I had to vent about this!

GOODNESS GRACIOUS! I'm all for actors getting into their roles but goodness this can't be healthy?!



This is MATTHEW MCCONAUGHEY people!!

wow!

I've seen it with christian bale too and in interviews he has admitted to how much his dieting to extremes has really messed with his body

[Traci Reed]

ewwwww....good, I'm glad though! Women in hollywood have been starving themselves for years!

[NeverendingJen]

If I remember right, he's portraying someone with cancer in a movie, I think. that's why he's so starved right now.

[Darcy Baldwin]

Yep, Traci - this is typical for so many of the women. It 's so scary (dang autocorrect) to see him that way.

[NatalieKW]

He looks yucky.

Get back to work, K.

[Darcy Baldwin]

He looks a bit Christopher Walken-ish

[NatalieKW]

Originally Posted by Darcy Baldwin

He looks a bit Christopher Walken-ish

Yes! Yes, he does!

[Kjersti]

I didn't even know it was him!!! Yikes!

[BrattyMeg]

he looks awful!

I read that Brad Pitt and Ryan Gosling also were in the running for the role. Could you imagine Ryan that horrible looking?

[SeattleSheri]

Yeah, he definitely doesn't look tip top. The loose skin (esp. on his neck) really ages him too. Yikes.

[Paula]

When Adrien Brody was in The Pianist, he lost like 50 lbs so that he would look like a malnourished Jew in WWII.

[Libby Pritchett]

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeew! i actually thought that WAS Christopher Walken!

[Nikki Epperson]

Originally Posted by Libby Pritchett

Eeeeeeeeeeeeeew! i actually thought that WAS Christopher Walken!

I thought so too and then looked again. Eeew!

[kelley]

Yikes that looks nasty. I mean, it will be convincing for a cancer patient I guess, but wow. But like Traci said, women do it all the time. Weird to see a guy having to do it!

[lovely1m]

I just read an article in People from a couple of weeks ago about this. The men who have lost extreme amounts of weight for roles. Its understandable for certain roles, but so rough on their bodies. I just wish Hollywood would use more normal sized women though. I am tired of those skeleton looking women who bounce back into (their version of in) shape about a week after giving birth.

[Priscilla]

I think I read he was playing someone dying from AIDS so I can see why he'd have to do it but still ...

[mariewilcox]

Originally Posted by Priscilla

I think I read he was playing someone dying from AIDS so I can see why he'd have to do it but still ...

Yes, he is portraying a man who is an electrician and has HIV and tries to save his own life with alternative medicine.

[HeatherKS]

Originally Posted by Darcy Baldwin

He looks a bit Christopher Walken-ish

YES! Took me a minute to figure out who it actually was!

[deebirks]

He looks terrible, but I guess it makes sense for the role (sort of). After I watched Breaking Dawn, I immediately scoured Google to make sure some of the thinness was CGI because I was worried they'd gone way too far starving Kristen Stewart.

[Julie Billingsley]

eeek. That is Matthew?? yikes. It's weird to see people transform for movies.

I remember that Tom Hanks did that for Philadelphia and also for Castaway.



and in Philadelphia

[nesser1981]

Look at Matt Damon in Courage Under Fire, he lost 50lbs for that role.

[Laura_A]

Yikes! That can't be good for his body. I bet he feels terrible...no energy.

[bexy]

have you seen what anne hathaway looks like for the upcoming 'les miserables'? soooooo skinny!!

[Sherri Tierney]

Watching movies I can appreciate the realism of the role when actors/actresses physically fit the part like that. I do hate seeing them go to such extremes for a role though.

[neenee]

gross. He is my ultimate fantasy and I am going to try and get this picture out of my memory. He looks terrible.

[neenee]

Of course I might go hungry for a couple million dollars myself. LOL