10 Times Actors Completely Transformed Their Bodies For Roles

7. Tom Hanks – ‘Castaway’ 

Castaway was actually filmed twice, in two different stages. It took the actor four months to lose 55 pounds. His diet consisted of vegetables, little carbs, fish, and water. Besides dieting, Tom Hanks also worked out for two hours a day, six days a week. Because of the strict diet regime, Hanks was monitored by doctors. This was Hanks’s most extreme diet for a role in his entire career. ‘It wasn’t glamorous,’ the actor revealed.