Orlando Bloom has opened up about dropping 52 pounds for his latest film, “The Cut,” saying that he thought at one point he was “going to die.”
In the Sean Ellis film, Bloom, 47, plays a boxer on the edge of breaking down as he desperately tries to drop weight before a crucial fight. Guided by a dubious coach, played by John Turturro, Bloom’s character goes to dangerous lengths to lose the pounds, even as it threatens his life. The film was shot in reverse chronological order, with Bloom bulking up during production.
“I basically tiered down the food over a three-month period until just before filming, [when] I was at my lightest. I dropped 52 pounds, and I was about 185 when I started,” Bloom told Variety. “So I dropped quite a lot of weight, and I was very mentally challenged as well. You feed somebody tuna and cucumber long enough …”
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