Toni Collette gained 18 kgs (40 pounds) in 7 weeks with the help of a dietitian for this role. P.J. Hogan based Muriel's personality on himself, but Muriel's actions were inspired by his sister, who embezzled $15,000 from their father and then disappeared to Sydney to live with a friend.
Director Curtis Hanson approached Toni Collette before filming and asked the actress about gaining weight for the part. Collette had complied and proceeded to gain 25 pounds for the part, which she subsequently lost during the film's shooting, which is to reflect her character.
Fittingly, one of the production companies of the film is "Matchmaker Productions". Toni Collette had to gain weight to portray "the Rubenesque Harriet" and she explained, "I think it's important for people to look real in films.
“My character loses weight when she gains self-confidence and happiness in her life,” says Collette. “So they gave me 11 days off to run my butt off, literally. I must have done a good job because at one point, [director Curtis Hanson] said, “You're losing too much weight. Stay where you are and start eating again.
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Did Toni Collette lose weight for Miss You Already?
Toni Collette showcases her curves in box jacket and tight jeans after losing weight for her role as a cancer patient in Miss You Already. She shed weight to portray a cancer patient in her latest film Miss You Already. But it seems Toni Collette may be slowly getting back to her normal weight.
We've heard her being American in films such as Knives Out, while she's been British in TV shows like Wanderlust. However, Toni is actually Australian, using her real voice in the iconic film Muriel's Wedding. Listen to her real voice here.
Wilson lost 77 pounds in 2020, which she dubbed her "Year of Health" In 2020, the actress dropped 77 pounds through diet and exercise, TODAY reported in 2021. Wilson has said she's largely been able to maintain her weight over the years, but regaining weight doesn't define her.
Toni Collette gained 18 kgs (40 pounds) in 7 weeks with the help of a dietitian for this role. P.J. Hogan based Muriel's personality on himself, but Muriel's actions were inspired by his sister, who embezzled $15,000 from their father and then disappeared to Sydney to live with a friend.
Zellweger previously shared that she gained 30 pounds for her role in 2001's Bridget Jones Diary, in which her character is concerned about her weight. Although she went on to lose the weight, she later regained it for the film's 2004 sequel, Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason.
The actress has shaved off her long, blonde locks for a completely bald do (for a role, of course!), and she's sharing the first look with PEOPLE. Collette, 41, is in London filming Miss You Already, a relationship drama costarring Drew Barrymore.
Tall and statuesque, in full hair and makeup, the tan, blond Collette wore a black leather jacket and ordered fizzy water with lemon. She was jet-lagged but refreshed after some time back home in Sydney with her rocker husband and their infant son.
If you step onto the scale while wearing thick clothes and heavy shoes, your weight may show as higher than it truly is. Clothing and shoes can add 2-3 pounds. If you're not comfortable or in a position to weight yourself undressed, be sure to wear the same or similar lightweight outfit for every weigh-in.
Clarkson previously told PEOPLE, “I dropped weight because I've been listening to my doctor — a couple years I didn't. And 90 percent of the time I'm really good at it because a protein diet is good for me anyway. I'm a Texas girl, so I like meat — sorry, vegetarians in the world!”
And while she noted she had dropped 100 pounds from her previously 385-pound frame, including 50 after mom Barbara "Babs" Thore's December 2022 death, "I weigh 285 pounds and I have been this weight for almost a year now."
Rebel Wilson is entering the Ozempic conversation. The Pitch Perfect star—who previously opened up about losing 77 pounds during her "year of health" in 2020—explained that she previously used Ozempic to help maintain her weight.
Tis true: Toni Collette's beautiful blonde mane has been reduced to a short buzz cut, but with good reason. The talented actress, 41, debuted her new look in London on Thursday, Oct. 9, at a photocall for her new film Miss You Already, in which she plays a cancer patient named Milly.
It was a set of fake teeth that helped her to transform into a glitzy television anchor in Netflix's smash movie, Don't Look Up. “I happened to have a set of teeth and wig from a previous movie,” she told Graham Norton over the weekend. So she stuck those in, as you do.
Gibson got his breakthrough role as the leather-clad post-apocalyptic survivor in George Miller's Mad Max. The independently financed blockbuster helped to make him an international star. In the United States, the actors' Australian accents were dubbed with American accents.
Throughout the Golden Age of Hollywood, stars including Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Bette Davis, and Orson Welles employed what's known as a “Mid-Atlantic accent,” a sort of American-British hybrid of speaking that relies on tricks like dropping “R” sounds and softening vowels, in order to convey wealth and ...
Renée Zellweger fooled tons of fans with her accent in the "Bridget Jones's Diary" series. Bridget Jones might hail from England, but the actress who portrayed her is actually from Texas.
