Natalie Portman/Mila Kunis For Black Swan
The girls of Black Swan both dramatically slimmed down further than their already slender figures to fully get into their roles. The weight they lost may not be as much as other actors on the list, but considering it put both of them well under 100 pounds, the percent of body weight lost was extreme.
Portman trained for a year to prepare for the role and her meals consisted mostly of almonds and carrots. The actress was already a vegan before filming started, so she ate much of the same things as she did before, just in much smaller portions. She supplemented the diet with rigorous training of up to 8 hours a day in the year leading up to filming, and as she got closer to the first shoot, her workouts sometimes hit 16 hours a day.
Kunis, on the other hand, stuck to a strict 1,200 calorie diet for 6 months, and trained for around 5 hours a day during that time. By the time filming began she was down to 95 pounds.
Transformations aside, both women gave fantastic performances as well, earning a lot of praise which was well deserved.
50 Cent For All Things Fall Apart
Rapper/actor 50 Cent was hardly recognizable in the 2011 film All Things Fall Apart. For his role as a football player diagnosed with cancer, Curtis Jackson dropped from his normal weight of 214 pounds to a mere 160 pounds. That’s a 54 pound loss.
Jackson went on a strictly liquid diet and spent 3 hours a day on a treadmill. 3 hours folks, think about that. 50 also had all his tattoos removed from his arms because he was sick of having to spend extra time in makeup to have them covered up.
Even though the movie wasn’t a critical success, Jackon’s dedication earned him some respect in the acting world and in our eyes, too. Though he may not have much talent on the big screen, his dedication is undeniable and it’s pretty damn impressive.
