15 Actors That Went From Skinny To Ripped For Their Roles
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7. Jamie Foxx (Any Given Sunday)
But the actor first showed his dedication to his craft in Oliver Stone’s 1999 football flick “Any Given Sunday.” For his role as fictional quarterback Willie Beamen, Foxx hit the weights hard, bulking up to a solid 200 pounds.
Then, the former MF cover model reported to football training camp and dropped 25 pounds as a result of the vigorous, real-life training.
Luckily, the muscle remained and Foxx ended up with the kind of chiseled physique that looks even better on film. “It made me look bigger on the screen because I was tighter,” Foxx said with a grin on his face.
