The Insane Body Transformations These Actors Went Through For Their Roles

90 Days to Make It

In just three months, Swank put on over 20 pounds of muscle by exercising for five hours a day, eating for two or three, and sleeping for pretty much the rest of it. Swank's transformation was so extraordinarily difficult that she doesn't ever want to replicate anything of the sort ever again. 

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The More You Know

  • In Saving Private Ryan, all of the main cast were given basic military training except Matt Damon, in the hope that the cast would build a resentment towards him necessary for the role.
  • For Dr. Strangelove, Peter Sellers was paid $1 million, 55 percent of the film’s budget.
  • Brad Pitt injured his Achilles heel while playing Achilles.
  • The beer used while filming of the Hobbit was custom made by New Zealand brewers. It was a 1% dark stout called "Sobering Thought".
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