Anne Hathaway on Dramatic Les Miserables Weight Reduction : I Didn't Consume for 13 Days

Anne Hathaway and Hugh Jackman see absolutely nothing incorrect with struggling for their art.

In the Dec. 14 issue of The Hollywood Reporter, Hathaway, 30, opens up about how she lost 10 pounds just before Les Miserables shooting began -- and then, throughout a two-week break from filming, dropped another 15 pounds to perform a dying, TB-afflicted prostitute named Fantine.

"I just had to cease consuming," the newlywed explains, "all for a complete of 13 days' shooting."

Similarly, Jackman, 44, was asked to drop 15 pounds to play a gaunt convict. As shooting progressed --- and his character, Jean Valjean, became much more productive -- he extra 30 additional. "I was consuming something I could," the Aussie remembers. "If ever there are any outtakes, there is a good deal of me burping."

According to Jackman, the 68-day shoot -- which features dwell vocals -- "was a har rowing emotional experience, but in the finish, it was really worth it."

In the Hollywood Reporter cover story, Hathaway also reveals she was not necessarily the producers' first option for the part of Fantine. (The actress' mom played the aspect in the original U.S. street present in the 1980s.)

"There was resistance since I was in between their perfect ages for the parts -- perhaps not mature sufficient for Fantine but previous the point wherever I could believably perform Cosette [Fantine's daughter, played by Amanda Seyfried]," she says. "And I did what I do when I seriously want a purpose : I got fiery and told my agent, 'Just get me in the room.'"

She adds, "Then I sat on pins and needles for a month when my audio was played for the greater -ups, they responded."

The film -- which also stars Russell Crowe, Helena Bonham Carte r, Eddie Redmayne, Samantha Barks and Sacha Baron Cohen -- is in theaters Dec. 25.