{"id":137045,"date":"2015-07-23T16:43:41","date_gmt":"2015-07-23T16:43:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=137045"},"modified":"2015-07-23T16:43:41","modified_gmt":"2015-07-23T16:43:41","slug":"actors-are-taking-dangerous-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/07\/actors-are-taking-dangerous-risks\/","title":{"rendered":"Actors are ‘taking dangerous risks’"},"content":{"rendered":"
Hollywood actor Jake Gyllenhaal says some actors are taking “dangerous risks” for their craft.<\/p>\n
The star told the BBC another actor had once asked him for advice on whether they should take drugs for a role.<\/p>\n
“Someone came to me and said, ‘I’m going to play a drug addict – should I try the drug?’ and I was like, ‘no’,” he said.<\/p>\n
Gyllenhaal has dramatically lost weight for some of his roles, but said it was “with a watchful eye of an expert”.<\/p>\n
The actor shed most of his body fat for his current role in boxing movie Southpaw, out this week.<\/p>\n
A gruelling training schedule saw him work out for six hours every day for six months to get down to 175lbs (79kg) – 15lbs (7kg) less than his normal weight.<\/p>\n