Ben Affleck Went Up to 245 Lbs. for His Role in The Way Back: ‘I Totally Indulged in a Very Alcoholic Way with Food’
Affleck said that to fit the part of “a guy who drinks a case of beer a day, you got to look like it,” and he went up to 245 lbs.
“I just let it go, like totally let it go, like a gallon of ice cream at midnight watching like, headline news oror something,” the actor, 47, said during a Q&A for the film in Atlanta on Wednesday., said since he couldn’t mimic the drinking habits of his character with alcohol, he used food. “I wasn’t drinking myself at the time so I couldn’t actually drink…and I’m not still. I’m not drinking, I’m sober, but I totally indulged in a very alcoholic way with food,” he said. “… It was about just eating as much junk and food and carbs. And I am a carb guy, like pizzas, breads.”“Listen, it’s a lot easier to put on weight as you get older,” he said, though he’s now back down to 210 lbs.
RELATED VIDEO: Ben Affleck Reveals the Upside of Seeking Support When Struggling With Substance Abuse Affleck also said it was “interesting” to play a character who “dealt with an addiction to alcohol, and that’s something that I have dealt with.”“One thing that I’ve noticed, it’s not really that there’s one thing that has to trigger the pleasure center of your brain,” he continued. “It’s the fact that you need to do something to soothe your pain. And for a lot of people that is food. There is an obesity epidemic. These people are not physically hungry.
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