10 Actors Who Went Through Dramatic Weight Loss For Roles

Ben Kingsley

Ben Kingsley decided that he would take his portrayal as Gandhi to the extreme and went on the same vegetarian diet that the man himself ate.

Tom Hanks

In order to make his performance in Cast Away as realistic as possible, Tom Hanks lost in the region of 50 pounds. This gave him the requisite look of someone who had been trapped on an island with limited food.