Orlando Bloom Says He Was a “Horrible Person” Amid Weight Loss Transformation for Role
Orlando Bloom was without a doubt a different person on the set of his recent movie.
The Pirates of the Caribbean alum reflected on the intense dieting he underwent to lose 52 pounds for his new film The Cut and the toll that the weight loss took on his entire being.
āI was exhausted mentally, physically. I was hangry,ā Orlando said during an Aug. 27 appearance on This Morning. āI was a horrible person to be around. The paranoia, the intrusive thoughts.ā
The 48-year-oldāwho confirmed his split with Katy Perry in Julyāexplained that professional boxers, like his character, can struggle to meet their basic needs while abstaining from certain foods in order to meet their goal weights, adding, āWeāre supposed to eat and sleep and take care of ourselves.ā
As for how he was able to lose the massive amount of weight? Orlando hired a professional that had worked with other stars, including Christian Bale.Ā
āI had a great nutritionist. He was checking my blood and stuff,ā he continued. āHe basically tiered me down from three meals a day to two, to one. Suddenly, all these foods were being taken away from me, and my protein powder was the last one. I was like, āNo! Donāt take that one.āā
In the end, he explained, āBasically I came down to [eating] just tuna and cucumber for the last three weeks.āĀ
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āI wouldnāt recommend doing it at home, by the way,ā Orlando warned. āIt was definitely not something to take lightly.ā
In addition to having āno energy or brain powerā while filming The Cut, the Lord of the Rings actor had previously discussed how Katyāwith whom he shares 4-year-old daughter Daisyāwas āfreaked outā by his intense transformation.
āShe watched it and was like, āI need a stiff drink,āā he told People in September. āShe was really moved. She knew what it took.ā
Read on for other stars who underwent intense body transformations for their roles.Ā
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Channing Tatum
TheĀ Magic Mike star’s weight has fluctuated over the years, especially in 2024, as he got into character for two back-to-back movie roles.
He said on Instagram in March 2025 that he currently weighed 205 poundsāup from the 172 pounds he weighed for Roofman (pictured, right). Months before beginning production on that 2024 film, he shot the movie Josephine (pictured, left)Ā and weighed 235 pounds for his role.
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TimothƩe Chalamet
For his Oscar-nominated role as musician Bob Dylan inĀ A Complete Unknown, the DuneĀ actor learned how to sing and play guitar.Ā
“I also put on 20 pounds,” he said during a January 2025 episode NPRās All Things Considered podcast, “because, believe it or not, I was thinner than the guy.ā
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Cillian Murphy
To playĀ scientistĀ J. Robert Oppenheimer in Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer, the Irish actor “had to lose quite a bit of weight,” he shared. “He was very slim, almost emaciated, existed on martinis and cigarettes.” His diet? According to costarĀ Emily Blunt, “He hadĀ such a monumental undertaking.And he could only eat, like, an almond every day.”
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Joaquin Phoenix
For his Joker role, the Oscar winner opened up about his 52-pound weight loss, telling the Associated Press, “Once you reach the target weight, everything changes. Like so much of what’s difficult is waking up every day and being obsessed over like 0.3 pounds. Right? And you really develop like a disorder.”
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J.K. Simmons
TheĀ Spider-Man alum shocked fans when he debuted his bulging biceps, whichĀ were displayed inĀ Justice League.
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Jake Gyllenhaal
“I’d say my mother was worried,” he previously told E! News after losing 30 pounds for Nightcrawler. “I would say she just wanted me to be careful. But she also knew and knows how seriously I take what I do and she respects that.”
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Orlando Bloom
TheĀ Pirates of the CaribbeanĀ alum detailed the physical and emotional toll of losing 52 pounds for his boxing movieĀ The Cut.
āI was exhausted mentally, physically. I was hangry,ā he said on This Morning. āI was a horrible person to be around. The paranoia, the intrusive thoughts.ā
āI wouldnāt recommend doing it at home, by the way,ā he continued. āIt was definitely not something to take lightly.ā
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Michael B. Jordan
TheĀ Black Panther starĀ gained nearly 30 pounds of muscle to transform into a rookie-turned-professional boxer inĀ Creed.
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Jared Leto
The actor andĀ musician nabbed an Oscar for his riveting role in TheĀ Dallas Buyers Club.Ā He lostĀ 40 pounds for the role.
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Chris Messina
The Mindy Project alum had to gain 40 pounds for his role inĀ Live by Night.
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RenƩe Zellweger
TheĀ Bridget Jones’sĀ Diary actress gained weight to portray the lovable character in the franchise’s first and second films.
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Matthew McConaughey
The Magic Mike hunk dropped 30 pounds to star in The Dallas Buyer’s Clubāwhich centered on the real-life story about a man dying from AIDS in the 1980sĀ who treated himself with alternative remedies he smuggled into the United States from Mexico.
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Rooney Mara
The actress looked lean and strongĀ for her starring role in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.
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Anne Hathaway
TheĀ Les MisĆ©rablesĀ star took home an Oscar for her role in the musical.
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Christian Bale
He’sĀ no stranger to morphing for movie roles. In 2004, he lost more than 60 pounds for his role in The Machinist, and he didĀ it again for theĀ filmĀ The Fighter, oppositeĀ Mark Wahlberg. He also gained 40 pounds forĀ American Hustleāand lost 70 pounds forĀ Ford v Ferrari.
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Jake Gyllenhaal (Again)
The actor looked more like a god than a prince for his role in 2010’s Prince of Persia. Gyllenhaal said he studied Parkour, the French art of street running, in order to bulk up for the film.
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Tom Hanks
“All it is is time and discipline,” the Oscar winner told Time magazine of his role in 2000’s Cast Away, for which he lost over 50 pounds to play a man stranded on an uninhabited island.
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50 Cent
The ripped rapper shockedĀ fans with a photo of himself looking slender. He reportedly went from 214 to 160 pounds in just nine weeks to play a football player diagnosed with cancer in Things Fall Apart.
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Robert De Niro
Shaping up for movie roles is nothing new. The legendary actor earned an Oscar nom for his role as terrifying tattooed rapist Max Cady in the 1991 thriller Cape Fear.
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Christian Bale (Again)
In order to portray former Vice PresidentĀ Dick CheneyĀ in the 2018 biopic Vice, the star sported a fuller figure.Ā
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