Anne Hathaway On Dangerous Crash Diet

To shoot some specific scenes in her new movie Les Misérables, Anne Hathaway is on a crazy crash diet.

She is apparently eating just a few apples and one protein shake a day!!

That is seriously unhealthy.

An insider said:

"Anne is playing a destitute factory worker-come-lady of the night.

Unfortunately, she only has 15 to 20 days to lose as much weight as possible – up to a stone and a half – because she's been filming the scenes showing her fit and healthy, almost slightly chubby.

It's not ideal but, as with any high-budget movie, there are strict time constraints."

This seems really dangerous but it really shows her commitment to her craft.

On how she's doing it, a producer said:

"Producers have assigned her a personal trainer and she is literally eating nothing more than a couple of apples a day, and some protein – mainly in the form of a shake.

Anne knows the risk of such an extreme diet and will undergo weekly medicals to make sure everything is still functioning as it should do."

A diet like this should never be used in any circumstances really.

If you're losing more than 1-2 pounds per week, you could be losing muscle mass as well.

So you'll weigh less but look worse.

UPDATE: Anne's rep has spoken out about the "crash" diet. She said:

"The story is a huge exaggeration. Anne is on a special diet, but is not looking to lose that much weight and she's consuming more than 500 calories a day.

She just needs to look more frail as she is playing a prostitute who is dying of tuberculosis."

Okay, that's good to know, because 500 calories a day is ridiculous. That wouldn't be unhealthy, that'd be a death sentence.

[Image via Mavrix Online.]

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