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.

The More You Know

Stanley Kubrick had all the sets and models from the filming of 2001: A Space Odyssey destroyed to prevent a sequel from being made.
George Lucas wanted to make a Flash Gordon movie but could not obtain the rights so instead, he created Star Wars.
Orson Welles directed much of Citizen Kane from a wheelchair, after injuring himself on set.
Fantasia (1940) was originally a short called The Sorcerers Apprentice, but Walt Disney overspent on the score and decided to make it feature length film rather than waste money.

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