15 Times actors went on a strict diet for a role

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American Hustle | Image Source: Columbia Pictures

13) Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)

Bridget Jones’s Diary | Image Source: Universal Pictures

Renée Zellweger gained 30 pounds for the role of Bridget Jones, but for the sequel, she followed an unhealthy dieting regimen to shed the same amount of weight quickly. She was put on an extremely calorie-restricted diet along with rigorous exercise and went through severe dieting to lose the weight very rapidly. Thus, losing weight at this rate was physically exhausting for her. Although Zellweger was able to transform fully into the character, doing this through crash dieting certainly concerned people about the reality of such extreme weight change to the body.

Edited by Sangeeta Mathew

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15 Times actors went on a strict diet for a role

13) Renée Zellweger – Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001)

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