It’s far from uncommon for celebrities to have to go through some form of physical transformation for a role . Actors playing superheroes need to work out so that their body has the muscles needed to make their superpowers believable . However, sometimes getting in shape for a role actually means getting out of shape , and Ben Foster apparently did it with bread and jam.
Foster co-stars with Sydney Sweeney in the new biopic Christy about boxer Christy Martin. This required a lot of work on Sweeney’s part to get into boxing shape , but it apparently also required Ben Foster to simply gain weight in order to portray Martin’s promoter and husband Jim. Foster told The Guardian he and Sweeney both ate a lot of Uncrustables on the set, resulting in him gaining so much weight that

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