It’s far from uncommon for celebrities to have to go through some form of physical transformation for a role. Actors playing superheroes need to work out so that their body has the muscles needed to make their superpowers believable. However, sometimes getting in shape for a role actually means getting out of shape, and Ben Foster apparently did it with bread and jam.
Foster co-stars with Sydney Sweeney in the new biopic Christy about boxer Christy Martin. This required a lot of work on Sweeney’s part to get into boxing shape, but it apparently also required Ben Foster to simply gain weight in order to portray Martin’s promoter and husband Jim. Foster told The Guardian he and Sweeney both ate a lot of Uncrustables on the set, resulting in him gaining so much weight that she believed his double chin was artificial. He explained…
