10 Actors Who Suffered for Their Art
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9. Jared Leto
Musician Jared Leto has long been dabbling in the acting industry (winning an Oscar for his portrayal on a transsexual in Dallas Buyers Club this year) and has often gone to great lengths to embody his characters. But he never went further than when he was assigned the role of Mark David Chapman, John Lennon’s killer, in Chapter 27. He gained a massive amount of weight for the role, eating intensely fatty foods and eventually winding up with gout for his troubles. Yes, that’ right-gout.
