For his role in the movie, “The Cut,” Orlando Bloom says he lost nearly one-third of his body weight. The English actor added that he thought he “was gonna die.”
Orlando Bloom lost nearly a third of his body weight to play a revived boxer in his upcoming film, “The Cut”, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last week.
The actor, 47, detailed the rigorous process, admitting that it impacted more than just his physical health.
“I basically tiered down the food over a three-month period until just before filming, [when] I was at my lightest. I dropped 52 pounds, and I was about 185 when I started”, Bloom said at Variety’s Toronto Film Festival Studio. “I dropped quite a lot of weight, and I was very mentally challenged as well.”
In a conversation with People magazine, the “Pirates of the Caribbean” and “Lord of the Rings” star elaborated on his preparation for what he called a “taxing” role, saying, “I was very hangry.
