The Insane Body Transformations These Actors Went Through For Their Roles

Hillary Swank

Million Dollar Baby is a movie about a waitress who ends up becoming an underground boxer. Swank plays the main character, Maggie Fitzgerald, who undergoes a painful and quick training to get her up to fighting shape in a very short amount of time. Just like her character in the movie, Swank was forced to get extremely fit in a very short period of time. 

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The More You Know

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