By Dayne Hudson
Actors will do almost anything to convince the audience of their characters.
Including gaining weight or losing a stack of it.
Here's 3 incredible transformations that've slipped under the radar in recent years.
They're hardly mentioned amongst some of the crazy transformations made by other stars such as Matthew McConaughey and Christian Bale, etc - but there's no doubt they're equally as impressive!
MATTHEW FOX - "ALEX CROSS"
Well there's lean....and then there's Matthew Fox in the flick Alex Cross.
Matthew dropped 19kg and did mostly circuit training to develop his granite-like physique required for the film.
It's a crazy transformation and one that's rarely spoken of.
JARED LETO - "CHAPTER 27"
When people talk about Jared Leto transformations, they usually speak of his best supporting actor performance in Dallas Buyers Club (below).
But one transformation that is forgotten is the 31 kilograms he gained to play John Lennon's muderer Mark David Chapman in the film Chapter 27 (2006).
When he returned to his normal weight, he spoke openly about gaining it all: “It changed the way that I walked. It changed the way that I talked. It changed the way that I laughed. It changed the way people treated me, the way that I felt about myself.”
And just like his new gut - the film flopped.
However, Jared swears he'll never gain weight like that again!
50 CENT - "ALL THINGS FALL APART"
In 2011, 50 cent took a huge gamble and dropped a whopping 24 kg to play a footballer diagnosed with cancer.
50 cent went from one liquid diet to another - from the Dom Perignon to protein shakes only.
He spent 3 hours a day on the tredmill as well to ensure he was torching as much fat as possible.
Heck, he even got his tattoos removed from his arms because he was sick of having to spend all that extra time in makeup to get them covered.
Love him or hate him, you can't bag his dedication.
