Gaunt Matthew McConaughey: " I am Not Being Starved" for Movie Purpose

Matthew McConaughey -- or what's left of him -- is properly balanced, thank you quite substantially.

The 42- 12 months - outdated actor is at this time filming The Dallas Buyer's Club, in which he plays Ron Woodruff, a real - lifestyle drug addict in the 1980s who contracted HIV and grew to become one particular of the initially -ever AIDS activists. To get into character for the part, McConaughey has been dieting down his muscular frame to skin and bones.

" I am a small a lot more streamlined," he advised the Day-to-day Beast on Nov. 27 of his practically 40-pound bodyweight reduction.

That's an understatement. The commonly buff Magic Mike star -- now just 143 pounds -- has set the Internet abuzz with worry in latest months thanks to his gaunt, frail appearance. But he insists there is no trigger for concern.

"I sense fine. I genuinely do," he told the web site. "I acquired the suggests to get rid of the bodyweight in a genuinely wholesome way. I am consuming fresh fish. I am just consuming smaller amounts. I am not becoming starved... I am taking care of myself."

" I've been checked. My ranges are fine. I am as balanced as can be," he additional. "The true wellness challenge is when you place [the bodyweight ] back on...You can't just start out consuming cheeseburgers and ice cream. Your physique will go into shock, and it just won't work."

Learning about how his body does operate has been something of a " spiritual journey" for the quickly -to-be father-of- 3. (McConaughey and wife Camila Alves have two little ones, Levi, 4, and Vida, two, with a third on the way: The pregnant model, 30, is at this time in her third trimester.)

" It truly is genuinely been enlightening to understand my anatomy," he mentioned. "I will not have the leverage I employed to. I have body soreness."

That stated, the bodil y modifications are just a single component of the actor's overall transformation.

" I am taking part in a man who was sick and would have loved to have been healthier but was not," he advised Us Weekly in August. "For me, it truly is a lot more of a psychological issue than a bodily matter."