Jared Leto, a talented actor and musician known for his versatility has consistently amazed audiences with his ability to completely embody diverse characters throughout his career.
Beyond his artistic skills, Leto’s physical appearance, particularly his intentional weight changes for different roles has sparked curiosity. This post takes a closer look at the intriguing aspect of Jared Leto’s weight fluctuations, exploring the depth of dedication and commitment he brings to his craft.
What is the Reason Behind Jared Leto’s Weight Gain?
Jared Leto is an American actor and singer and physical changes are very common in entertainment industry. Jared is well known for his extreme physical transformations for his roles. He has gained and lost weight several times for different movies such as Chapter 27, Dallas Buyers Club and Morbius.
For Chapter 27, he gained 67 pounds to play John Lennon’s assassin, Mark David Chapman. For Dallas Buyers Club, he lost 30 pounds to play an HIV-positive transgender woman, Rayon. For Morbius, he lost and gained weight again to play a scientist who becomes a living vampire.
His co-stars and director praised his commitment and dedication, but also said it was terrifying to see him go through such drastic changes.
In our previous posts, we covered information about the weight gain of other stars if you want to know about their journey you can read our below articles:
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What Did Jared Leto Say About His Transformations?
Leto himself admitted that gaining and losing weight is not a fun or healthy thing to do and that he prefers losing weight to gaining it. He said that Morbius was the perfect film for him because it challenged him physically and emotionally.
Jared Leto was opened up about his famous transformations. The 50-year-old actor discusses how drastically altering his appearance for jobs affects his personal life in his cover story for Men’s Health in April 2022.
He clarifies that the physical transformations he experiences are more about gaining understanding of that individual’s life path than they are about trying to appear like that person. Leto said:
“I gained over 60 pounds for a role once, and it was amazing. I remember asking someone for the time in New York and they, like, recoiled, I saw people I knew who didn’t know I was filming and thought… that I had ‘not been taking care of myself.’ They took it as a sign of something wrong in my life. It was a really wild thing to experience that.”
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