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Beefing Up, Again: 10 More Actors Who Underwent Remarkable Physical Transformations For Their Roles

A few months ago I wrote Beefing Up: Ten Actors Who Underwent Remarkable Physical Transformations For Their Roles, an article about some of the most amazing physical transformations on film. In that post I only had room to acknowledge 10 actors for the phenomenal work they put in, but there are so many more talented individuals who have drastically gained or lost weight to properly portray their characters.

Ryan Gosling For The Lovely Bones

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Most actors on this list received awards or at least respect for their weight changes, but Hollywood heart throb Ryan Gosling was fired. That’s right, Gosling’s transformation is the only one on this list that you’ll never get to see on screen. He was originally cast as the lead in the Peter Jackson film, and in Gosling’s analysis of the grieving father he believed the proper way to play the character was at 210 pounds. Gosling usually weighs in around 150, which meant he put on 60 pounds before filming began, mostly by drinking melted cartons of Häagen Dazs ice cream.

When Gosling showed up on set Jackson was unimpressed with the extra large Gosling, so Jackson replaced Gosling with Mark Wahlberg, leaving Gosling fat and unemployed. Fortunately, Gosling was able to drop the weight and regain his fit figure to show off in many of his films. Still, odds are he’ll ask the director first before he thinks about packing on 60 pounds.