7. Matthew McConaughey
To portray the role of AIDS sufferer Ron Woodroof in 2014’s Dallas Buyers Club, Matthew McConaughey shed 40 pounds – which roughly equated to one quarter of his body weight. His goal was to seem as frail and gaunt as the character he was playing, which he achieved very successfully, if not alarmingly. He reportedly ate only two egg whites, some chicken, two Diet Cokes and a small pudding every day and stopped working out. In an interview with talk show host Ellen Degenres, McConaughey mentioned how he purchased an incredibly tiny spoon and used that to take small helpings of his daily tapioca pudding in order for it to last an hour. Now that’s commitment.
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