{"id":1766329,"date":"2022-12-07T11:47:54","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T16:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766329"},"modified":"2022-12-07T11:48:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T16:48:23","slug":"my-brain-was-misfiring-hollywood-actor-recalls-extreme-measures-he-took-to-get-ripped-for-a-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/my-brain-was-misfiring-hollywood-actor-recalls-extreme-measures-he-took-to-get-ripped-for-a-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018My Brain Was Misfiring\u2019: Hollywood Actor Recalls Extreme Measures He Took To Get Ripped For A Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmy-brain-was-misfiring-hollywood-actor-recalls-extreme-measures-he-took-to-get-ripped-for-a-movie%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1766329&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Actor <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/are-you-pulling-my-chain-adam-sandler-claims-he-discovered-brendan-fraser-in-hilarious-joint-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brendan Fraser<\/a>, who most recently donned a fat suit for his role in \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/brendan-fraser-dons-a-fatsuit-in-the-whale-for-his-big-hollywood-comeback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Whale<\/a>,\u201d revealed during a recent interview just how far he had gone in the past to physically prepare for a part in a movie.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/airheads-co-star-has-nothing-but-praise-for-brendan-fraser-as-both-generate-oscar-buzz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fraser<\/a>, speaking with actor and comedian Adam Sandler for Variety\u2019s \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6XpAb11hqy4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Actors on Actors<\/a>\u201d series, said that his diet before and during filming for his 1997 comedy \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/my-bad-it-wont-happen-again-hollywood-actor-apologizes-to-san-francisco-for-25-year-old-movie-stunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">George of the Jungle<\/a>\u201d was so severe that he was always hungry \u2014 and that he had once physically attacked an ATM because he couldn\u2019t remember his PIN number to withdraw cash.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou went on to do so many \u2014 you went on, first of all, to leave \u2018Airheads\u2019 and then get very jacked for George of the Jungle,&#8217;\u201d Sandler said, complaining that Fraser looked so good in that movie that he made his \u201cAirheads\u201d cast mates \u2014 Sandler and Steve Buscemi \u2014 look like slobs by comparison.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was disappointed in how good you looked in that. You weren\u2019t supposed to do that to us,\u201d he said with a smile. \u201cYou were supposed to remain like \u2026 a human.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><a class=\"c-link\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/get.dailywire.com\/readers-pass\/read-only-v2?utm_campaign=dwplus&#038;utm_medium=editorial&#038;utm_source=dwsite&#038;cid=dwplus&#038;mid=z&#038;xid=0\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-35350\">TIRED OF THE LEGACY MEDIA\u2019S BIAS CONTROLLING THE NARRATIVE AND OBSCURING THE TRUTH? JOIN US.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fraser, laughing, quipped, \u201cThe wardrobe was that there was no wardrobe. George eats bananas and swings around all day and he wears a loincloth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-473589\" class=\"wp-image-473589 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1155085-771x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"771\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1155085-771x576-1.jpg 771w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1155085-300x224-1.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1155085-768x574-1.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/GettyImages-1155085.jpg 1024w\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-473589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1997 Brendan Fraser stars in the new movie \u201cGeorge of the Jungle\u201d via Getty Images.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou did right by the character but you did wrong by us, man,\u201d Sandler joked, claiming that Fraser\u2019s transformation had made them feel bad about themselves.<\/p>\n<p>Fraser just shook his head, saying that he couldn\u2019t even think about that anymore \u2014 and the conversation took a turn when Sandler responded by asking whether Fraser had been \u201coiled up\u201d during filming.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh, I was waxed, greased, starved of carbohydrates \u2026\u201d Fraser replied, prompting laughter from Sandler.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would drive home after work and stop to get something to eat,\u201d Fraser continued. \u201cAnd I needed some cash one day and I went to the ATM and I could not remember my PIN number because my brain was misfiring.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fraser went on to say that the hunger \u2014 coupled with his frustration at being unable to recall his PIN \u2014 eventually led to him physically hitting the ATM with his fists. \u201cI didn\u2019t eat that night,\u201d he admitted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n[embedded content]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Brendan Fraser, who most recently donned a fat suit for his role in \u201cThe Whale,\u201d revealed during a recent interview just how far he had gone in the past to physically prepare for a part in a movie. 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