11 amazing transformations of the body, which star was for the role

Recently, the network was struck by the transformation of the actor Kumail of Nanjiani — for six years, he was known to viewers as frail programmer Dinesh from the TV series "Silicon valley", but for the role in the film "Eternal" turned himself almost into a Superman.

Of course, this is not the first case in history when for the role the actor had to do some serious work on his body. Below we have collected a few other equally striking examples of how much the stars have lost weight and gained weight on the "professional necessity".

Still from the TV series "Parks and recreation"

In those days, when he worked in the TV series "Parks and recreation," Pratt did not differ in good physical shape. But that all changed as soon as he began to prepare for his lead role of Peter quill in "Guardians of the Galaxy". The actor has started going to the gym and changed my diet.

A scene from the movie "Guardians of the Galaxy"

Frame from the movie "equilibrium"

Christian bale is capable of stunning transformations for their movies. He then lost weight, then gained weight and got super cool roles throughout his career.

But the most noticeable transformation was Bale for "the Machinist" in 2005. His weight had dropped from 79 to 49 kilo threat. His diet during this period included one can of tuna and an Apple, coffee and water. We urge you not to take this diet note.

A scene from the movie "the Machinist"

A scene from the movie "Ghost"

In the early nineties, demi Moore played in the romantic drama "Ghost," in which viewers saw her as a very fragile girl, and a few years later she returned to screens in the role of Lieutenant Jordan O'neil, the first female Navy seal.

Moore trained with Gregory Joujon-Roche and instructor of the Navy Stephen Helvenston to prepare for this role. This meant a visit to the gym to lift weights for two hours every day, and a daily jog ten kilometers. The result was on the face.

Frame from the movie "Soldier Jane"

Frame from the film "In the heart of the sea"

Moreover, the Hemsworth lost 15 pounds for the film "In the heart of the sea", but he also gained weight to play Thor in "the Avengers: age of Ultron".

The Hemsworth's diet consisted of a large number of chicken and fish, and daily protein shakes to increase muscle mass. During training, Hemsworth chose a slow tempo when lifting the weights to maximize the time during which his muscles were in tension.

Still from the film "the Avengers: age of Ultron"

Frame from the movie "Chicago"

To play Bridget in "Bridget Jones Diary" in 2001, Zellweger went from the fourth size clothing to the 14 th.

She gained 13 pounds to play this role (and did the same for the sequel in 2004), consuming 3800 calories a day, which is almost two times more than the recommended 2,000 for a woman of her age.

Frame from the film "Bridget Jones Diary"

Leto, like Matthew McConaughey, lost a lot of weight for "Dallas buyers club", but it also significantly added to the weight for "Chapter 27" in which he played the murderer of John Lennon — Mark Chapman.

Summer told the "New York Daily News" about how gained 27 pounds:

A frame from the film Chapter 27

Hathaway dropped 11 kilograms and shaved his head for the role of Fantine, a prostitute dying of tuberculosis, for the musical "Les Miserables" in 2012.

According to "Vogue", the first actress was fasting, and then ate only two thin square of dry oatmeal paste every day.

Again, we do not recommend this method of weight loss.

A scene from the movie "Les Miserables"

A scene from the movie "King of parties"

Reynolds trained and dieted to gain 11 pounds of muscle mass for the movie "blade 3: Trinity", released in 2004, that was far from his routine at the time.

But after three months of training six days a week and compliance of 3,200-calorie daily diet he accomplished his goal.

Frame from the movie "blade 3: Trinity"

For the role of a ballerina in "Black Swan", which in the end brought Portman the award For "best actress" at the ceremony "Oscar" in 2011, the actress has dramatically lost weight and dropped nine pounds.

A scene from the movie "Black Swan"

Shot from a film "Sex on friendship"

Kunis and Portman, he has lost 10 kilograms for his role in "Black Swan" and... in the end received a total of 95 pounds for the film (it's less than eight thousand).

She also added that it took her five months to lose weight, but just five days to begin to appear as before.

A scene from the movie "Black Swan"

Frame from the series "Brothers in arms"

Hardy gained weight in just five weeks to play Charles Bronson, the most dangerous criminals of Britain, for the film "Bronson". Tom started with the fact that almost moved to the gym and started to consume more calories.

The poster of the film "Bronson"