Robert Pattinson is completed attempting to stick to unattainable male physique requirements.
The Batman star, who’s at the moment filming Bong Joon Ho‘s upcoming sci-fi drama, Mickey 17, says he is tried nearly “each fad” beneath the solar to stay slim all through his decades-long performing profession — together with a food regimen that required him to stay to only one factor each single day.
“I as soon as ate nothing however potatoes for 2 weeks as a detox,” he informed ES Magazine. “Simply boiled potatoes and Himalayan pink salt. Apparently it is a cleanse… you undoubtedly shed some pounds.”
Cindy Ord/WireImage Robert Pattinson as soon as ate nothing however potatoes for 2 weeks.
He then defined a few of the different weight-loss methods he is tried along with the Pattinson Potato Plan. “I attempted to do keto as soon as. I used to be like, ‘Oh, there is a food regimen the place you simply eat charcuterie boards and cheese on a regular basis?'” he joked. “However I did not understand that you may’t have beer, because it utterly defeats the aim.”
Whereas he is by no means personally struggled with body-image points, Pattinson added that he understands how others get swept up into the world of calorie counting and food regimen restrictions. “It is loopy,” he mentioned. “And it’s extremely, very simple to fall into that sample as nicely, even in case you’re simply watching your calorie consumption. It is terribly addictive — and you do not fairly understand how insidious it’s till it is too late.”
Pattinson isn’t any stranger to enterprise main weight-loss transformations for his roles. He informed PEOPLE that he slimmed down to a 28-inch waist by consuming nothing however “half a bit of tiny little bit of fish and like a crumb of rice” whereas taking pictures The Lost City of Z in 2016. And he informed the outlet final 12 months that whereas filming The Batman he adopted a equally restrictive food regimen that led him to “count sips of water” earlier than his shirtless scenes.
“I had about three months earlier than the film began, and you then’re figuring out earlier than and after work on a regular basis,” he mentioned. “You simply reduce down and reduce down and reduce down earlier than the couple of scenes together with your shirt off.”
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