Matt Damon joined the ranks of the great actors of our time who have fattened themselves up for award consideration. Robert De Niro, Russell Crowe, George Clooney; they’ve all realized that going full fatso can be Oscar bait. For his role in the upcoming film The Informant, Damon gained 30 pounds, and explained that he did so happily. He told Entertainment Weekly, “I definitely got doughy. I started eating like crazy and drinking dark beer. Between meals on set, I’d eat a No. 1 Value Meal at McDonald’s and then Doritos on top of it. It was absolute heaven.â€
Not exactly a ringing endorsement for eating at McDonald’s, but it sounds like he had fun. Damon completed his transformation for the role with an amazing mustache, too. We’re not sure his role is supposed to be comedic but it sure makes us giggle when we see him.
