The Insane Body Transformations These Actors Went Through For Their Roles

Jake Gyllenhaal

Once again, we see what Jake Gyllenhaal is capable of. When he was cast in Nightcrawler, Gyllenhaal rode alongside ambulance chasers with his own camera. He didn't sleep or eat anything healthy for months before shooting...

Ghost of a Man

Gyllenhaal lived on chewing gum and kale for a month. Every night, after shooting, he would run 15 miles back to his apartment from the studio. He dropped from 180 pounds to 150 pounds basically overnight.

The More You Know

The cat in "The Godfather" was a stray.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the first American film to have a soundtrack.
The names of the taxi driver and the policeman in everybody’s favourite Yuletide outing, It’s A Wonderful Life, are Bert and Ernie. The writers working on Sesame Street at the time claim it’s merely a coincidence.
A "Harry Potter" stunt double was paralyzed on the job.

Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.