The adorable Chris Pratt got some hard news after he audition for the role of a baseball player in the upcoming movie Moneyball.
They loved him, but he was too fat.
So he became determined to lose the weight to win the role:
“My agent called me and said, ‘Chris, they really thought you were good, but they think you’re too fat,'” Prat remembered. “I was like, ‘F*ck, really? That sucks. OK, well, I can lose weight. Did you tell them I could lose weight?’ ‘Yeah, we told them. They haven’t offered it to anyone else. There’s no guarantee, but…’… It was another three months before I found out I got the role, but in that three months I think I dropped 30 pounds. I was bound and determined to become Scott Hatteberg whether they cast me or not.”
We’re not sure how healthy it is to lose 30 pounds in 3 months, but we’re inspired by your dedication!
Though, Chris did put it all back on afterwards for his next movie:
“I went from 220 pounds that I cut down for ‘Moneyball’ to almost 270-280 pounds for ‘Ten Year,'” Pratt remembered. “I gained — s*it, like 50 pounds to play this fat, alcoholic character. That made it really fun. I would drink dark beer every night. I would have a double order of pancakes every morning. Burgers for lunch. Fries, snacks, candy. I ballooned my weight up. It was probably very unhealthy, but it was so fun.”
It does sound fun, but it also sounds terrible. At the same time. Ha!
It’ll be great to see you do some dramatic stuff, Chris Pratt.
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