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Jared Leto vows never to lose weight for film role again

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Jared Leto has admitted that he will never lose weight for a film role again after his extreme diet for 'Dallas Buyers Club'.

The 42-year-old actor admits that extreme dieting began to ''take its toll'' on his body after he shed the pounds for his latest role as a transvestite, who is addicted to drugs and dying of AIDS.

He told Attitude magazine that he will ever do it again, as it's a really hard thing to do to one's body and when it's done over a short period of time it's incredibly brutal.

Leto's dramatic transformation has seen him nominated at this year's Academy Awards for Best Supporting Actor, and he claims he doesn't regret losing the weight as it was integral to the role.

 

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First Published: Feb 09 2014 | 1:47 PM IST

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