Damon took De Niro's advice to gain weight for 'The Informant'.Byline: ANI Washington, September 15 (ANI): Matt Damon has revealed that he talked to Hollywood legend Robert De Niro Noun 1. Robert De Niro - United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943) De Niro to seek help in gaining weight for his new film 'The Informant'. 'The Departed' star was conscious of how De Niro Noun 1. De Niro - United States film actor who frequently plays tough characters (born 1943) Robert De Niro had piled on pounds for his film 'Raging Bull'. "I talked to (Robert) De Niro before I did it and he had obviously piled on the pounds really famously fa·mous·ly adv. 1. In a way or to an extent that is well known: "his famously neurotic mannerisms [are] lampooned in the novels of Evelyn Waugh" for Raging Bull, putting on 60 pounds," Contactmusic quoted him as saying. "I asked him about it and he said, 'Well, the first 15 pounds is really fun and then you have to go to work after that.' "It was true except I found the 30 pounds to be really fun and then, kind of towards the end, I thought I should get rid of this weight, but I wasn't excited about getting rid of it," he added. Damon gained 30 pounds to play Mark Whitacre Mark E Whitacre (born May 1, 1957) was the President of Archer Daniels Midland's BioProducts Division from 1989 to 1995.[0] He came to public attention in 1995 when it became known that he had been acting as an informant for the FBI, which was investigating Archer in the new Steven Soderbergh film. He added: "I just started eating... It felt fantastic putting on weight; I never had that much fun making a movie. I just ate whatever I wanted to." (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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