Actors Who’ve Gotten Skinny
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Actors Who’ve Gotten Skinny

Whose physical transformation impressed you the most?

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1 Christian Bale
For his role in The Machinist, Bale didn't just go insane; he ate only 275 calories a day to get scary skinny. 83 139
2 Tom Hanks
Hanks lost nearly 50 pounds during a production break in Castaway. He'd lost a ton of weight for Philadelphia, too. 68 138
3 Renée Zellweger
Her plus-size Bridget Jones was a triumph for real-size women. A year later, she reverted to super-slim for Chicago. 32 114
4 Adrien Brody
Brody looked like he could be underweight, so dropping 30 pounds for The Pianist seems nuts. But he did win an Oscar. 27 101
5 Matt Damon
Damon dropped so much weight for Courage Under Fire, he was under a doctor's care. This year, he got to go fat for The Informant. 17 95
6 Michael Fassbender
Fassbender ate only 600 calories a day to play an Irish hunger-striker in The Hunger. It probably put what the strikers did in perspective. -1 89
7 Colin Farrell
Farrell lost a ton of weight for Triage and got no credit. The flick barely registered a blip with movigoers. -7 81
8 Beyoncé
Despite the risk of losing her celebrated behind, Beyonce dropped twenty pounds to play a Diana Ross-esque singer in Dreamgirls. -14 88