Natalie Portman, who had shaved her head for her role in 'V for Vendetta' in 2006, took another extreme step by shedding 20 lb in 6 months to portray her Oscar winning role of the psychotic ballerina Nina Sayers in 'Black Swan'
People were shocked when they saw a painfully thin Christian Bale in the movie 'The Machinist'. Bale reduced his weight by 63 lbs by surviving only on coffee and apples for months. Years later, Bale once again went through a similar painful ordeal to play Dicky Eklund in 'The Fighter'.
Like Bale, Hillary Swank too was ready to cut down her pounds to perfect both her Oscar winning roles - 'The Million Dollar Baby' and 'Boy's Don't Cry'.
Rapper 50 Cent reduced his weight from 214 lbs to 160 lbs to enact the role of a cancer patient in 'Things Fall Apart'.
Remember Will Smith in ‘Seven Pounds’? The actor who gained weight for the movie 'Ali' had to then shed up to 15 lbs for his role in 'Seven Pounds'.
To immortalise the role of boxer Jake LaMotta in 'Raging Bull', Robert DeNiro had to shed weight initially and later add on pounds for which he went for a binge trip to Italy. All his efforts proved worthy when he won the Best Actor Oscar for this role.
Mr. Handsome Colin Farell is looking like a malnourished guy these days. Colin says it's all for his role in his upcoming flick 'Triage' where he plays the role of a photographer in war-torn Bosnia.
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