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Actor Christian Bale is considered the master of body transformations.
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For “The Machinist” he lost 28.5 kilograms, in which he said he only lived on apples, coffee and cigarettes.
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Only a few months later he was in front of the camera as a muscle man for “Batman Begins”. He initially put on 45 kilograms of muscle mass. When he then had the feeling that it was too much, he lost 14 kilos again.
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In the political drama “Vice”, Christian Bale was then completely unrecognizable as ex-US Vice President Dick Chaney. For this he gained 18 kilograms.
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Only to lose the pounds again at record speed for his next role in “Ford v Ferrari”. But he’s had enough since then. In an interview, he revealed that he no longer trusts his body to change his weight so quickly.
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Joaquin Phoenix (here in November 2021) has received numerous awards for his role as comic book villain Joker.
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But he also put his health at risk. Because he lost so much weight beforehand, he blacked out several times during filming. He ate only lettuce, apples and beans for the role.
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Charlize Theron, here at the Oscars in February 2020, is considered one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood.
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She changed fundamentally for her role as serial killer Aileen Wuornos. She ate over 3,000 calories a day for weeks, eventually gaining a whopping 30 pounds.
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How to Know Jared Leto: In Good Shape at the Grammy Awards in Las Vegas in April 2022.
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In “Chapter 27” he played John Lennon’s killer, Mark Chapman. For this he gained 30 kilos, among other things by eating liquid ice cream several times a day. Because he gained weight so quickly, he suffered from gout in his joints and was confined to a wheelchair for a few weeks.
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Zac Efron, here at a film premiere in 2019, is always in great shape. The actor is also known as a fitness fanatic.
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But he went through hell for his mega six-pack in “Baywatch”. “I got worried if I drank too much water because then my six-pack wasn’t so protruding,” he said afterwards to “Hot Ones”. “That was just stupid. I never want to be that muscular again.”
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Mila Kunis, seen here at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, already has a petite figure.
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She starved herself to 100 pounds for her role as a ballet dancer in Black Swan. She even used a particularly harmful method for this: she started smoking again. “It was terrible,” she later regretted her decision.
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Christian Bale and Co.: The most extreme Hollywood transformations
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Actor Christian Bale is considered the master of body transformations.
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For “The Machinist” he lost 28.5 kilograms, in which he said he only lived on apples, coffee and cigarettes.
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Only a few months later he was in front of the camera as a muscle man for “Batman Begins”. He initially put on 45 kilograms of muscle mass. When he then had the feeling that it was too much, he lost 14 kilos again.
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In the political drama “Vice”, Christian Bale was then completely unrecognizable as ex-US Vice President Dick Chaney. For this he gained 18 kilograms.
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Only to lose the pounds again at record speed for his next role in “Ford v Ferrari”. But he’s had enough since then. In an interview, he revealed that he no longer trusts his body to change his weight so quickly.
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Joaquin Phoenix (here in November 2021) has received numerous awards for his role as comic book villain Joker.
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But he also put his health at risk. Because he lost so much weight beforehand, he blacked out several times during filming. He ate only lettuce, apples and beans for the role.
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Charlize Theron, here at the Oscars in February 2020, is considered one of the most beautiful women in Hollywood.
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She changed fundamentally for her role as serial killer Aileen Wuornos. She ate over 3,000 calories a day for weeks, eventually gaining a whopping 30 pounds.
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How to Know Jared Leto: In Good Shape at the Grammy Awards in Las Vegas in April 2022.
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In “Chapter 27” he played John Lennon’s killer, Mark Chapman. For this he gained 30 kilos, among other things by eating liquid ice cream several times a day. Because he gained weight so quickly, he suffered from gout in his joints and was confined to a wheelchair for a few weeks.
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Zac Efron, here at a film premiere in 2019, is always in great shape. The actor is also known as a fitness fanatic.
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But he went through hell for his mega six-pack in “Baywatch”. “I got worried if I drank too much water because then my six-pack wasn’t so protruding,” he said afterwards to “Hot Ones”. “That was just stupid. I never want to be that muscular again.”
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Mila Kunis, seen here at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival, already has a petite figure.
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She starved herself to 100 pounds for her role as a ballet dancer in Black Swan. She even used a particularly harmful method for this: she started smoking again. “It was terrible,” she later regretted her decision.
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For many a Hollywood star it is not enough to memorize the screenplay in preparation for the role. Actors like Christian Bale or Charlize Theron also want to become different people physically.
From extreme starvation to uninhibited feasting, weight changes are the order of the day for the camera in Hollywood. However, this is not without risk for the body.
Joaquin Phoenix revealed in an interview with “People” how much his weight loss caused him to create for his role in “Joker”: “If you have to lose so much, you lose your mind.”
During filming, the actor had to forego even the smallest exertion, such as climbing stairs: “I was constantly out of breath and I blacked out.”
For his colleague Christian Bale, extreme body transformations have almost become a trademark. But after he had to lose 30 kilos again for his role in “Ford v Ferrari”, he stated: “I’m done with it.”
Die You can see the most extreme changes in our gallery.
And you can see the transformations for yourself in these films:
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Joker
Film/Drama ∙ US 2019 ∙ blue Video
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Le Mans 66: Against every chance
Film/Action ∙ US 2019 ∙ blue Video
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Monster
Film/Drama ∙ DE 2003 ∙ blue Video
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