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And now let’s talk about Sebastian Stan opening about how the process of gaining and losing weight for roles has impacted his body image, And how this opens the door to a much larger conversation about the unhealthy habits actors are sort of forced to keep up with to get big parts in movies. Right so if you don’t know, Sebastian Stan is in tons of Marvel films and shows as The Winter Soldier, so like most of the men in those movies, he bulks up for the part. But recently, he just played Tommy Lee in the Hulu series “Pam & Tommy” and for that role, he had to shed some pounds and be on the slimmer side. With him telling Entertainment Weekly that this weight loss was actually incredibly difficult, saying: “I was trying to lose weight and I still felt I didn’t lose enough weight. And people were telling me I was crazy and going, ‘You have body dysmorphia now’ — which I always did anyway.” With him saying that to him, having body dysmorphia is really just part of his job given all he has to do to maintain his body for certain films, adding: “Anybody that even has a healthy physique to some extent has body dysmorphia. Because once you’re going into a peak, the best look possible, which by the way, I don’t care what they say, unless there’s like, magic formulas out there — which there are but some of us are not in that pocket — your body can only be at peak 100 percent for like maybe a week or something. At least, how I’ve experienced it; and I mean diet and exercise and tanning and water and lighting and everything. And then you spend the rest of the time going, ‘I’m not what I used to be.’ But it’s just all in the head.” And he later added that he does seek roles that have these challenges and physical transformations because it kind of gives him an automatic shift in his state of mind, But the issue of body image when it comes to this is very real and something other actors have touched on. Right and this is something that applies to everyone, right there are no shortage of stories about female actresses being made to lose wieght, told their bodies are not good enough, held to just dangerous and horrible double standards. But it is also an issue when it comes to men, and it feels like it might not be as common a talking point. You actually had the likes of Channing Tatum talking about this not too long ago, saying for a while he did not want to do another Magic Mike movie because he did not want to have to go through the process of getting the Magic Mike body, saying on the Kelly Clarkson show: “It’s hard to look like that. Even if you do work out, to be that kind of in shape is not natural. That’s not even healthy. You have to starve yourself. I don’t think when you’re that lean, it’s actually healthy. It is, it’s true.” “I don’t know how people who work a 9-to-5 actually stay in shape because it’s my full-time job and I can barely do it.” You also have Richard Madden previously telling Vogue that he’s been told to lose weight and hit the gym, had his fat rolls pinched and given tight costumes and adding: “We’re projecting a very unrealistic body image.” And Kumail Nanjiani who has had to bulk up for roles also adding to Vulture: “it’s very easy to get obsessed with that number on the scale. t’s a tough thing. It’s deceiving. You become obsessed with it. I certainly have, and for me, it’s not great to weigh myself every day.” “I know exactly what I weigh every day, and if I could change something, I would love to not have to think about that.”

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