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

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