It’s not uncommon for actors and actresses to lose or gain weight for a specific role, but every now and again, a celebrity undergoes a major transformation for their latest project, and right now, it’s Orlando Bloom. The actor just revealed that he lost 30 pounds in just three months for his role in The Cut, and he dropped his diet, too. Keep reading for more information.
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Orlando Bloom’s Weight Loss Journey for ‘The Cut’
In The Cut, Bloom plays an ex-boxer who’s last fight ended his champion career in the ring. The movie tells the story of his redemption, a story that the trailer describes as when an “obsession takes hold and reality unravels.” Of course, for the character to undergo a crazy transformation, the actor must too.
Speaking to People, the 48-year-old said he was “excited by the challenge” that the transformation would bring. “What I hadn’t expected and was surprised by was the mental toll that this kind of intense discipline takes. The paranoia and anxiety were very real and disturbing, cause by the lack of sleep—turns out you can’t sleep when you’re hungry!”
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Tuna & Cucumber Diet
He added that the "water restriction to get to my lowest weight for the final scenes led to obsessive thoughts of food, dreaming of what I could eat when finally off a diet of tuna and cucumber." You read that right—in the weeks leading up to the first day of filming, Bloom was eating tuna and cucumber—that's it!
Emphasizing that his regime is "definitely not something to try at home," he explained that he "was supervised weekly and my blood work monitored by an expert nutritionist, Phillip Goglia, who helped me lose 30 pounds in approximately three months."
