The Insane Body Transformations These Actors Went Through For Their Roles

Jonah Hill

Jonah Hill has been an avid spokesperson for healthy weight loss techniques and the importance of loving the skin that you're in no matter what. That being said, when he was cast for War Dogs, he was tasked with gaining 40 pounds. When the filming for War Dogs ended, he hit up the trainer that he worked with for 21 Jump Street to bring him back down to his desired weight. 

Re-Creating Yourself, Safely

Hill looks back on his life of being cast as the "fat kid" in movies with disdain for the industry's fetishization of the "ideal body type." Hill wants everyone to know that if you want to make changes to your appearance, then do it if it makes you happy. But, he encourages people to look within to learn to love and appreciate your unique, beautiful appearance for what it is, not what you want it to be. 

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.