The Insane Body Transformations These Actors Went Through For Their Roles

Losing More Than Weight

While Fassbender was in the process of starving himself, he recounted that he had completely lost his sex drive. He also believed that starving made him more focused and driven to attack his goals, but that was actually just common delusions that humans can experience when severely malnourished. Please, do not do this.

The More You Know

After a slew of drug related offences, Robert Downey Jr. was a semi-blacklisted celebrity until Kiss Kiss Bang Bang reignited his career.
While filming Rocky IV, Dolph Lundgren punched Sylvester Stallone's chest so hard, his heart slammed against his breastbone, causing it to swell and his systolic blood pressure shot to over 200. Filming was halted as Stallone was flown to a nearby hospital and spent eight days in intensive care.
For Dr. Strangelove, Peter Sellers was paid $1 million, 55 percent of the film’s budget.
The bridge blown up by Eli Wallach and Clint Eastwood in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly was prematurely detonated by a Spanish Army Captain. Upon learning of his mistake the Captain ordered his troops to rebuild the bridge, only for it to suffer another explosion once complete.

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