10 Actors Who Suffered for Their Art
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8. Robert De Niro
In the classic Raging Bull, De Niro plays a young boxer, so he had to first bulk up on lots of muscle to look appropriately strong and menacing. Then, to play the older version of his character, he gained no less than 60lb-aside from the stress that losing the weight caused him, he suffered heart trouble and was reportedly so large he couldn’t bend down to tie up his shoelaces at one point. The film is now seen as a masterpiece-but it took a fair bit of strain to get there.
