“Wouldn’t recommend it.” However how does his new wiry frame examine with these jaw-dropping transformations?
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The strapping 6-foot-4 Hemsworth adopted a 500-calorie-a day diet for the Ron Howard film “In the Heart of the Sea”, subsisting on small salads interspersed with small pieces of protein.
The Thor actor posted the shocking snap on Instagram, which showed his dramatic weight loss in preparation for his latest film.
Hemsworth’s In the Heart of the Sea look will definitely give you Tom Hanks in Cast Away vibes.
Chris’ co-stars also subsisted on the same 500-calorie-a-day diet, so it was a group starvation exercise. Charles Leavitt wrote the screenplay based on the novel with the same name by Nathaniel Philbrick. Naturally, Chris’ ultra-fit figure wasn’t going to cut it for a movie about a crew lost at sea for weeks, so he needed to seriously overhaul his look – which he absolutely did.
“We kind of went insane, weighing ourselves every day”, Hemsworth said.
“Spend more time thinking about food than anything else”, he told Entertainment Tonight in a recent interview.
Hemsworth is best known for playing Marvel’s superhero Thor and put on 20 pounds of muscle when he auditioned for the role. Comic book enthusiast. Bounder and cad.
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Hemsworth stars as New England whaling ship Essex veteran first mate Owen Chase in “In the Heart of the Sea”.
