The Insane Body Transformations These Actors Went Through For Their Roles

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Gyllenhaal started running eight miles a day, doing 1,000 situps before noon, and he trained boxing from noon until night. He was eating six or seven protein-packed meals a day. His training regimen was so rigorous that he actually had to break up with his girlfriend to stick to it. 

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The More You Know

  • Shooting for No Country For Old Men was interrupted for a day due to a smoke cloud from the set of There Will Be Blood, which was also filming in the area.
  • Enya was James Cameron’s first choice to compose the music for Titanic.
  • During the filming of Snow Buddies (an ‘Air Bud’ spinoff), five puppies died.
  • Gone With the Wind’s fire scene is old sets being burned.
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