10 Actors Who Put Themselves Through Hell For Upcoming Movies
2. Kumail Nanjiani Gave Up Carbs & Sugar For An Entire Year - Eternals
When Kumail Nanjiani was cast to play the cosmic energy-projecting Eternal known as Kingo, nobody expected the typically slender actor to hit the gym hard - but that's exactly what he did.
In late 2019, Nanjiani posted shirtless pictures of himself to social media where he looked, for want of a better word, freakin' jacked.
Fans of the actor-comedian were shocked at his staggering physical transformation, but unsurprisingly it was a physical change which required a horrendous, torturous heft of effort on his part.
Nanjiani said that he worked with "the best trainers and nutritionists paid for by the biggest studio in the world," and while he didn't mind the exercise aspect, he found the nutritional side of things extremely difficult.
To achieve this cut look, he had to remove all refined sugars from his diet, and aside from a cheat meal one day per week, largely cut carbs out of his diet too.
Unsurprisingly once production wrapped, the actor gorged himself on pizza and cake to celebrate a year of agonising restraint.