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He lost 25 pounds in order to prepare for the role of creepy nocturnal news stringer Lou Bloom.His next role found the actor packing 15 pounds of pure muscle onto that scrawny frame to star as Junior Middleweight Champion Billy “The Great” Hope in the Kurt Sutter-penned, Antoine Fuqua-directed Southpaw. From Deadline:

“I’m so pumped, man,” Fuqua said. “___ is going to change how people see him. I had him training twice a day in the boxing ring, he did two-a-days seven days a week. I pretty much had him with me and my trainer every day. I took him to almost every fight. I had him train at Floyd Mayweather’s gym in Vegas and we watched Floyd’s fights, and the Manny Pacquiao fight. He trained in New York at Church Gym with real fighters. We literally turned him into a beast…  my god, he’s a very electric, powerful fighter in this movie, and a guy who fights for his daughter. I’m confident that this will change how people see ___ as a leading man. via

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