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Leonardo DiCaprio to Drop 30 Pounds for Movie Role
Diet & Weight Loss, Celebs & Entertainment
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Yes, Leo might have a few pounds to lose -- he's 12 years older and maybe a little softer than he was when we all fell in love with him in "Titanic." But 30 pounds seems a little extreme, doesn't it?
A source on the set of "Inception" says, "There's an action scene coming up at the end of the year in which he needs to appear emaciated, so the pressure is on," Radar Online reports.
The source also says that DiCaprio is being responsible about it, following a strict diet and exercising more (funny how that seems to work, isn't it?): "Leo's a pretty determined kind of guy, when he sets his mind to things he always achieves them. Though this is going to be hard for him, you can guarantee he'll succeed."
DiCaprio is far from being the only Hollywood hotshot to drop a drastic amount of weight for a role. Check out the gallery below to see who else has lost (or gained) mega pounds for their film careers.
Star Whove Gained or Lost Weight for a Role
Tom Hanks
In 2000's "Cast Away," Hanks dropped 55 pounds in four months between shooting the first and second halves of the movie. While challenging, this wasn't totally foreign to the actor, who had lost a substantial amount of weight to play an AIDS-stricken lawyer in "Philadelphia" several years earlier.
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Renee Zellweger
Zellweger has gained (and lost) about 28 pounds for the first two "Bridget Jones" movies rumor has it, she's doing it yet again for the third installment. While 28 pounds on her frame still doesn't get her anywhere near "fat," it's certainly hard on a body to gain and lose it, over and over. Even if it is for a dream job.
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Colin Farrell
Farrell has become known for throwing himself, physically, into roles. He spent months bulking up for 2004's "Alexander," but last year was literally a sliver of his former self after losing an undisclosed amount of weight for "Triage." Recent pictures show a still-thin, but much healthier-looking (and hotter) Colin.
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Matt Damon
Damon has admitted that he regrets the drastic 50 pound weight loss he sustained for his role as a heroin addict in 1996's "Courage Under Fire." But, that didn't stop him from going the other way -- the actor put on 25-30 pounds for "The Informant," crediting In-N-Out Burger for helping him achieve that weighty goal.
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Beyoncé
This bootylicious singer is no stranger to changing her body for a role. For "Dreamgirls," she lost 20 pounds by following a diet of water with cayenne pepper. Then, to play Etta James in "Cadillac Records," Beyoncé was required to gain 15 pounds more than her regular weight -- a challenge she called "tasty".
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Emile Hirsch
Hirsch lost major weight to portray Christopher McCandless in "Into the Wild." The young actor not only lost 26 pounds to get in shape for the film, going from 156 to 130 pounds, but then he went down to 115 pounds for the weight loss in the Alaska segment. He told Rotten Tomatoes, "So it was a lot of running and being very hungry and dreaming of candy all the time."
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Minnie Driver
When just starting out in Hollywood back in 1995, Driver added 25 pounds to her thin frame for a role in "Circle of Friends." Obviously, it was the right choice, but we're sure she was glad to get back down to her slimmed-down self.
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Seth Rogan
The formerly-chubby funny man lost a considerable amount of weight (though he doesn't know how much because he doesn't weigh himself) for "The Green Hornet," but instead of being proud, he said slimming down made him feel like a sell out.
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Toni Collette
After gaining 45 pounds for 1994's "Muriel's Wedding," Collette battled an eating disorder trying to lose the weight. Her weight held steady until recently, when she was asked to gain 45 pounds yet again for "In Her Shoes." She drew the line at 30 pounds and lost the weight following a strict -- but healthy -- diet.
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Adrien Brody
To properly portray Wladyslaw Szpilman in "The Pianist," Brody had to lose 30 pounds in six weeks (not to mention learn to play the piano). He subsisted on eating "a couple of boiled eggs in the morning, a precise two hundred grams of grilled chicken meat for lunch and a small piece of fish and a few vegetables for dinner."
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Not all celebrities lose the weight for a movie role, though -- check out this weight loss story!
DiCaprio's gal has kickin' legs
Fitness, Celebs & Entertainment
Her relationship with Leonardo DiCaprio may be on-again, off-again, but model Bar Refaeli's commitment to the legs is unwavering.Refaeli's legs simply kick butt, thanks to, well, a whole lot of kicking. Her trainer is teaching her all kinds of kicks, and she says they work everything -- the abs, the butt, and yep, the legs. The kicks come from an Israeli self-defense discipline called Krav Maga. Martial-arts moves are part of Refaeli's fitness routine too.
For more on Krav Maga, click here. For more famous hot legs, click through the gallery below.
