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LEONARDO DICAPRIO
For his role in ‘The Revenant’ he spent nine months in the freezing cold Argentina
and Canada, he also ate bison liver during the filming. His performance led
him to the Oscar for the best actor. For his supporting role in Quintin’s Django
Unchained sources say that ‘During the filming of the dinner scene in the
movie, he famously continued to stay in character and deliver his dialogue
even after his hand began to bleed after he slammed it against a table in
anger’.
CHRISTIAN BALE
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Bale dropped 60 pounds for his role as
insomniac in the psychological thriller
‘The Machinist’. Within six weeks after
the shoot he gained it all for his role
in ‘The Batman Begins’. For his role as
Dicky Eklund, bale spent a lot of hours
with the real Dick Eklund to emulate
him. He had to lose 30 pounds as
Eklund was a crack addict at that time.
His remarkable performance in ‘The
Fighter’ won him an academy award
for the best performance.
The Fighter(2010)
Trivia
Christian Bale reportedly lost weight to achieve the very thin frame of Dicky
Eklund by eating very little. He even went missing for hours at a time in
preparation for his role.
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