Did Matthew McConaughey go too far for new role?

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  • valleydad
    valleydad Posts: 40 Member
    Thought he looks like Steve Jobs' last living photo -- thin and sick.
  • Treadmillmom1st
    Treadmillmom1st Posts: 579 Member
    Christian Bale in The Machinist was the most extreme example of damaging a body for a movie role I have ever seen.
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    I've never heard of this movie... but it kinda looks awesome.

    It's a really, really good movie.
  • SPBROOKS68
    SPBROOKS68 Posts: 561 Member
    Not the Matthew I like to see-- I like him with some meat on his bones and I have to wonder how healthy this is:sick:
  • PuggleLover
    PuggleLover Posts: 261 Member
    they all look gross.
  • aaeros
    aaeros Posts: 157
    How about what De Niro did for

    Untouchables

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    then Cape Fear

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  • DonniesGirl69
    DonniesGirl69 Posts: 644 Member
    Donnie Wahlberg did it twice.......first for The Sixth Sense and later for Dreamcatcher.

    After shooting, he went right back to his hot, hunky, healthy sexy self. :wink:
  • TexanThom
    TexanThom Posts: 778
    Robert Deniro in Raging Bull gained like 75lbs. for the role.
  • DonniesGirl69
    DonniesGirl69 Posts: 644 Member
    There are others that go the other direction put on a lot of muscle. Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne Johnson got crazy big for the new Pain and Gain movie coming out. I guess we just expect that from the action stars though.

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    Im sure they have lots of doctors around them also. :tongue:

    Thank you for making my day :love:

    Mine too:flowerforyou:

    I prefer Donnie over Mark (note the screen name), but little brother will certainly do in a pinch. :tongue:
  • 3foldchord
    3foldchord Posts: 2,918 Member
    Christian Bale in The Machinist was the most extreme example of damaging a body for a movie role I have ever seen.
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    But I loved that movie!!!
  • redheaddee
    redheaddee Posts: 2,005 Member
    Christian Bale in The Machinist was the most extreme example of damaging a body for a movie role I have ever seen.
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    THIS. OMFreakingG he looked well beyond horrible. As I watched the movie all I could think was of the damage he did to himself. SMH.
  • secretlobster
    secretlobster Posts: 3,566 Member
    they all look gross.

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  • Katbody10
    Katbody10 Posts: 369 Member
    well .. as long as Matthew is under doctor supervision -- I'm sure he'll be okay (hopefully). However, I know it's more authentic and realistic to do it yourself .. I think the wiser option would be to do what they did for the actor in Captain America - they digitally shrunk him down .. only used a body double for sitting/non moving parts of the film .. until he was "injected" and emerged with his real body.

    Philadelphia was a good movie .. tom hanks did wonderfully -- lots of actors/actresses will lose extreme amounts of weight or even pack it on for movie roles .. they get paid a hefty amount to do it themselves ..
  • chubbygirl253
    chubbygirl253 Posts: 1,309 Member
    No wonder Bale is so moody. I'd be an effing witch if I ate only that for......well a day.

    no joke
  • phonypony
    phonypony Posts: 42
    In The Pianist Adrien Brody lost 14 kg (31 lb) for the role of Wladyslaw Szpilman. Pretty crazy! http://www.szpilman.net/brody2.jpg
  • amoffatt
    amoffatt Posts: 674 Member
    No different than actors/actresses gaining weight for a role, like for Bridget Jones. Hopefully they get paid real good to go to the extreme.
  • MrsWilsoncroft
    MrsWilsoncroft Posts: 968 Member
    It amazes me how movie stars can gain/lose weight for a role.
    A particular favourite of mine is.......

    Charlize Theron for the movie called Monster

    http://www.themakeupgallery.info/lookalike/badgirls/monster.htm

    http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=charlize+theron+monster&hl=en&safe=off&tbo=d&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=YoN0UIOzA6iq0QXY0oGAAg&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ&biw=1024&bih=672#biv=i|10;d|RlojXaFe9xAySM:
  • Hellbent_Heidi
    Hellbent_Heidi Posts: 3,669 Member
    well .. as long as Matthew is under doctor supervision -- I'm sure he'll be okay (hopefully). However, I know it's more authentic and realistic to do it yourself .. I think the wiser option would be to do what they did for the actor in Captain America - they digitally shrunk him down .. only used a body double for sitting/non moving parts of the film .. until he was "injected" and emerged with his real body.

    Philadelphia was a good movie .. tom hanks did wonderfully -- lots of actors/actresses will lose extreme amounts of weight or even pack it on for movie roles .. they get paid a hefty amount to do it themselves ..
    Interesting idea...they could certainly do it with digital technology available these days!

    I'm really amazed at how many people here, on a FITNESS site, think this is OK though. Its not that I'm losing sleep over Matthew McConaughey's health, but considering that this is a man whose body is considered 'perfect' by most, and everyone keeps saying "well, he's supervised by a doctor" or "he's getting paid a lot".... like that makes it OK?

    People post all the time that they lost a ton of weight by using HGC "under doctor supervision" and people rip them (or anyone who is eating very low calories) to shreds on the boards for using unsafe methods. Why is there such a double standard for an actor vs. a normal person?
  • MrDude_1
    MrDude_1 Posts: 2,510 Member
    Why is there such a double standard for an actor vs. a normal person?

    because life is full of double standards.. the only people complaining are the ones on the wrong side of one.
  • michellekicks
    michellekicks Posts: 3,624 Member
    They make millions to do it. It's just a hazard of the job.
  • Ely82010
    Ely82010 Posts: 1,998 Member
    Its not really commitment to the role unless he actually gives himself AIDS.

    That statement was uncalled for, and totally disrespectful to the memory of all the people that died of AIDS and those living with it!
  • magj0y
    magj0y Posts: 1,911 Member
    Why is there such a double standard for an actor vs. a normal person?

    because life is full of double standards.. the only people complaining are the ones on the wrong side of one.
    Why is there such a double standard for an actor vs. a normal person?

    because life is full of double standards.. the only people complaining are the ones on the wrong side of one.


    actors/actresses do it for a realistic reason and typically under the care of a doctor, for a very short time. When the job is done, they go back to a health routine.

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