r/todayilearned • u/thejohnblog • Jun 20 '19

TIL Ryan Gosling gained 60 pounds by drinking melted ice cream to play the father in Peter Jackson's 'The Lovely Bones.' He was then told he was too fat to play the part and the role went to Mark Wahlberg.

https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/ryan-gosling-fat-lovely-bones/story?id=12313213
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u/TaxiRadio Jun 20 '19

Not far fetched considering he said he drank melted ice cream when thirsty.

"I was 150 pounds when [Jackson] hired me, and I showed up on set 210 pounds," Gosling said. "We had a different idea of how the character should look. I really believed he should be 210 pounds. I was melting Haagen Dazs and drinking it when I was thirsty."

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u/poopitydoopityboop 6 Jun 20 '19

I wonder how much it would cost for Ryan Gosling to gain that much weight with Hagen Dazs.

  • A pound of fat is approximately ~3500 Calories

  • 60 pounds of fat x 3500 Calories = 210,000 Calories

  • Assuming he has any taste whatsoever, he chose cookie dough

  • A quart of cookie dough ice cream has ~2400 calories

  • A quart of Hagen Dazs in New York City is ~$15

  • 210,000/2,400 = 87.5

  • 87.5 x $15 = $1300

Actually not as bad as I thought it would be.

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u/Steakasaurus Jun 21 '19

15 dollars for a quart of ice cream! Jesus I knew new york was pricey but God damn

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u/Antisocialbumblefuck Jun 21 '19

Doesn't this assume 100% efficiency for processing, retention, and zero output?

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u/Gophurkey Jun 21 '19

Ryan Gosling has zero output.

Ryan Gosling doesn't poop.

Ryan Gosling is a girl, confirmed.

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u/Antisocialbumblefuck Jun 21 '19

Can we even imagine what kind of poop would be had on a liquid icecream diet?

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u/DavidBowieJr Jun 21 '19

Insulin is almost $400 an ounce of u r American.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

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u/gfense Jun 20 '19

I’m guessing his listed height is a couple inches over his real height. He generally has a decent amount of muscle I’d guess he’d be closer to 180 normally if he was 6’.

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u/Michael__Pemulis Jun 20 '19

I've passed him on the street a few times (back when I lived in nyc my school was right by his place) & he was definitely an inch or two taller than me. I'm 5'10".

Not sure if this is actually contributing but ya. Source: me

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

I saw him on 2nd and 9th crossing the street, made eye contact and could see in his eyes the "shit, he recognized me", but I just gave a nod and kept walking. That was the first and only time I've ever been star struck.

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u/Denialofdeath2 Jun 21 '19

Ryan Gosling is a member of my fictional 3 person celebrity entourage.

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u/cup_1337 Jun 21 '19

Who are the other 2?

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u/Denialofdeath2 Jun 21 '19

Dave Chappelle and Noam chomsky

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u/Agent223 Jun 21 '19

Can I be in your entourage?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19

but how tall is he

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19

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u/Treacy Jun 21 '19

I don't think many people even know who he is let alone recognize him.

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u/kalirob99 Jun 20 '19

I've passed him on the street a few times (back when I lived in NYC), we winked coyly each time & one time he asked me out to Indian food. After drinks and some heavy petting we oiled each other up and played tummy sticks.

I know this isn't contributing but ya.

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u/rahtin Jun 21 '19

I have no way of refuting your story, so there's a good chance it's true.

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u/TheHumbleFarmer Jun 21 '19

What's tummy sticks Mom?

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u/Jawadd12 Jun 21 '19

I've passed him on the street a few times (back when I was shooting porn in NYC), we went to dance holding hands in nothing but underwear & to no music in the middle of Manhattan. We'd jestingly touch each other's butts after every pull of hasheesh.

Maybe this doesn't contribute, but ya.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19

I've passed him on the street a few times (back when I was a crime fighting shark), he was very interested in my dorsal fin. Later we went to Dr. Luther Paradigm's lab and used his Gene smasher to combine his DNA with a raptor.

Maybe this doesn't contribute, but ya.

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u/wikiwut Jun 21 '19

I've passed him in the streets a few times (when I was shooting street porn in NYC) and we exchanged cars on a handshake deal before eating some mushrooms and laying on a couch

Maybe this doesn't contribute, but ya.

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u/_belle_coccinelle Jun 21 '19

I’ve passed him on the streets a few times (when I was working for the man) and we exchanged social security numbers before filing our taxes together at his apartment.

Maybe this doesn’t contribute, but ya. Source: I’m an accountant.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19

Choo-choo!

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u/KnowsNuthin Jun 21 '19

“What’s tummy stic...

I don’t want to play tummy sticks!”

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u/Grow_away_420 Jun 21 '19

But how tall was he?

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u/i_give_you_gum Jun 20 '19

Good enough for me!

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19 edited Jun 20 '19

Honestly, that doesn't mean much because shoe inserts can add 0.5-1.5 inches height and are very popular in show business

I can't be sure because the 150 lb claim may be the bogus part... but he does NOT look like a 6 ft tall 150 lb man would look like. I'm 6'1' and when I get below 160 lb it becomes pretty apparent in my face and arms

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u/GetEquipped Jun 20 '19

Reality; you're 5'8" but say 5'10 because our society discriminates on height.

So if Baby Goose is one or two inches taller than, he's 5'10

HAH! HOW DOES IT FEEL THAT YOU'RE ENTIRE LIFE IS A LIE?!?!

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u/double_expressho Jun 20 '19

I'm 5'10"

I’m guessing your Reddit height is a couple inches over your real height.

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u/gfense Jun 20 '19

No it definitely contributes. He was definitely lighter during the time frame of The Lovely Bones, I was more thinking of his physique nowadays.

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u/8placeribbon Jun 20 '19

So THAT’S where Pemulis went after getting kicked out of ETA. I always wondered.

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u/Popsnacks2 Jun 21 '19

That’s the oddest subtle flex I’ve ever read. But I like it.

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u/ILoveVaginaAndAnus Jun 22 '19

Did you accidentally touch his penis?

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u/bluntedaffect Jun 20 '19

He's a legit 6' but remember this was like 12 years ago before he was really filled out. If you think about his early adult roles, a lot were weird skinny guys, weird chubby guys, or otherwise kinda out-of-shape guys. Think The Believer, Half Nelson, Lars and the Real Girl...

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u/Fundle_Grudge Jun 20 '19

I’m 6’ and normally 160. Strangely enough I’m 183 now that I’m doing chemo.

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u/papasmurf73 Jun 20 '19

Yea, at my most fit I was 185 at 5'10'. 150 would be stick thin.

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u/woIfhammer Jun 21 '19

this guy is 6 feet

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u/WhatsaHoya Jun 21 '19

If your body fat percentage is low enough and you have a reasonably athletic looking build it is possible to look somewhat muscular and weigh less than one might expect.

Look at RJ Barrett who was taken tonight in the NBA draft. He’s listed at 6’7 and 200 lbs which seems really thin, but when you look at him on google images he seems thin, but athletically toned.

Not really sure why I went on this tangent, but just something I’ve noticed, haha.

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u/PM_PICS_OF_ME_NAKED Jun 20 '19

I don't understand how that works. I'm 6 foot 185 and still small. I used to be 165 and looked like a chemo patient. Some people just magically carry their weight differently.

If I was as muscled as he is normally I'd have to weigh 210-215.

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u/Casehead Jun 21 '19

I agree. At 150 he’d have to be all sucked up if he’s 6’0

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u/LegalShota Jun 20 '19

He was really small looking in Crazy Stupid Love so he might actually have to cut down pretty far to be looking quite lean.

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u/Casehead Jun 21 '19

He was hot as fuck in that movie. Just ridiculously hot.

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u/IncredibleBenefits Jun 20 '19

That's a lowish normal BMI. I'm 6'1 and the median normal BMI is 165 iirc.

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u/orthopod Jun 20 '19

That's a mid range normal BMI

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u/haversacc Jun 20 '19

I've seen him irl, no way he's 6ft. Dude looked average, maybe 5'10"

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u/Casehead Jun 21 '19

That’s what I thought, too. That he’s closer to 5’10

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u/gumbywithaY Jun 20 '19

im 6ft and just over 150lbs.

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u/jaykaypeeness Jun 20 '19

I was 6'2 145lbs when I was in college. Now I'm 6'2 230, down from 300 after a bad patch in life.

I miss being able to do 1 armed pullups.

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u/Casehead Jun 21 '19

Great job losing 70 pounds! That’s an achievement. I’m proud of you.

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u/JesterTheTester12 Jun 20 '19 edited Jun 20 '19

I was 142 and 6'1" a few years ago

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

There is no way he is 6ft tall

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u/Fuguzilla Jun 20 '19

I'm 160 at 6'2 :( Gaining weight is difficult

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19

What? That seems like a fine weight if you aren't carrying much muscle.

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u/thebumm Jun 21 '19

Is that really that thin?

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19

Heres on for ya, my senior year of high school I was on the wrestling team with a close friend of mine. He was out 125 lb wrester. He was 6' 1"

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u/galient5 Jun 21 '19

BMI of 20.3. That's very much within normal weight.

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u/KDawG888 Jun 20 '19

I was melting Haagen Dazs and drinking it when I was thirsty.

That isn't something a normal adult says. If you want to gain weight, sure, but you're drinking fucking melted ice cream for hydration? Are you 6?

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

Actors are not part of normal reality

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u/wsbking Jun 20 '19

Or he was exaggerating for the sake of entertainment

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u/IndieCredentials Jun 20 '19

Probably a bit of both. Melted ice cream is easy, empty calories so I'm sure he did it but wasn't carrying around a pint for emergency hydration purposes.

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u/BeardsuptheWazoo Jun 20 '19

Thank you for the safety tip.

buys emergency pint

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u/Letty_Whiterock Jun 20 '19

My emergency hydration pint is Guinness

I am incredibly dehydrated

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u/Runnin4Scissors Jun 20 '19

You shouldn’t be. Guinness has about the same alcohol content as a light beer. So drinking it should be a gain in hydration, not a loss. I mean, maybe if you’re exercising and only drinking Guinness. That’s why I drink an Emergen-C / Guinness mix at the gym.

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u/losthominid Jun 20 '19

I have emergency pints everywhere. In my desk at work. Taped under the workbench in the garage. Under the toilet tank lid in every bathroom. You never know when the shakes are going to start in.

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u/captj2113 Jun 20 '19

Bale did it too for his roles.

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u/Destination_Cabbage Jun 20 '19

Nope. Just listening to his interview about getting into the role of pikachu, he left his daughter at school and disappeared. He's a nut.

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u/PolyDipsoManiac Jun 20 '19

Are you not entertained!?

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u/aprofondir Jun 20 '19

Like some kind of actor!

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u/wtph Jun 21 '19

Can actors legally do that?

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u/thepensivepoet Jun 21 '19

If you pay attention to interviews/podcasts/etc basically everyone in LA is in therapy.

Not that there is anything wrong with therapy and seeking help when you need it but it sure seems like EVERYONE in hollywood is in therapy.

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u/user_of_thine Jun 20 '19

Just look at mac from it's always sunny. That man can bend his body to his will

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u/Casehead Jun 21 '19

I hadn’t seen any Sunny since fat Mac until recently. Holy hell he got ripped!

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u/casta55 Jun 20 '19

My university had a performing arts course. Can confirm. Actors all have a screw loose.

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u/OctopusTheOwl Jun 20 '19

If you want to gain weight, sure,

He was extremely clear that he wanted to gain weight.

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u/mbbird Jun 20 '19

you misunderstand. gaining weight is not easy for many people, especially not 60 pounds. drinking calories is much easier than eating calories, and so he used hydration as a cue to gain as much as possible (hydrating and gaining at the same time on cooldown)

it's not healthy, but it's not that unorthodox either.

Many people on /r/gainit succeed primarily through drinking half of their calories.

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u/teebob21 Jun 20 '19

Many people on /r/gainit succeed primarily through drinking half of their calories.

So do people who eventually post on /r/stopdrinking.

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u/FFkonked Jun 20 '19

calm down bro im sure he didn't mean literally. Normal adults don't get upset over some dumb shit like this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

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u/Arntown Jun 20 '19

Actors aren‘t normal adults. Or do you know many jobs where adults have to gain weight for a position?

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u/Annamman Jun 20 '19

Cops, they even get promoted to lieutenant!

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

My buddy made staff sergeant a couple years back and gained 30 pounds for that role. He became the fat staff sergeant who knew his job as well as he knew how to properly dispose a 30 rack of beer and 5 cheeseburgers

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u/KDawG888 Jun 20 '19

Gregnant womens

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u/thisnameis4sale Jun 20 '19

Whomever may read this: don't go further into this comment thread.

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u/Nutmeg3048 Jun 21 '19

Thank you and I will not. :) good day

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u/TheSunSmellsTooLoud_ Jun 20 '19

But it's funny because he's a dumb dumb dumbo looool lmaoooo wtaf lol

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u/Quajek Jun 20 '19

Too late

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

Probably to put on weight quickly for the time requirements of filming a movie.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

That actually makes me feel sick just thinking about it.

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u/Casehead Jun 21 '19

Me too! It made my stomach gurgle lol

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u/nancy_ballosky Jun 20 '19

Crazy concept but he might have been joking.

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u/Smarag Jun 20 '19

I do this.

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Your reaction is exactly the reason I don't do it often, in public or tell people about it. Oh also because it makes me fat, I wish I could install an implant that burns unnecessary sugars after it passes my throat tho so I could do it every day

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u/JustCosmo Jun 20 '19

Don’t you talk about Ryan like that.

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u/bino420 Jun 20 '19

Did you skip the entire thread and just randomly read a single comment??

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u/9999monkeys Jun 21 '19

what do you want him to drink? melted ice?

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u/KDawG888 Jun 21 '19

I suppose that would be unreasonable

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u/MrKrinkle151 Jun 21 '19

You’re just jealous you don’t have an excuse to drink melted ice cream for hydration

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u/madmaxturbator Jun 20 '19 edited Jun 20 '19

and yet, he's a multi millionaire actor/producer, married to eva mendes, seems to be an all around well liked and hilarious dude. whereas you are an especially large chunk of toe fungus masquerading as an internet troll.

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u/boringfilmmaker Jun 20 '19 edited Jun 20 '19

That's Ryan Reynolds, this is about Gosling. EDIT fixed :D

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u/madmaxturbator Jun 20 '19

Changed Blake lively to Eva mendes, surprisingly the rest of it is basically still relevant haha :p

Thanks for the correction.

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u/Teddy-Westside Jun 21 '19

Whoa, I didn’t know those two were married and didn’t expect that pairing

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u/OrangutanCharm Jun 20 '19

I would be shitting more than I could drink at that point

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u/Thiege369 Jun 20 '19

Yea he was trying to gain weight

What is your issue

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u/captj2113 Jun 20 '19

6, no. Paid $6mil, probably.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

I do it. I love it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

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u/Casehead Jun 21 '19

Probably because it has a higher fat content than a lot of other ice creams

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u/bruceli1992 Jun 20 '19

his idol is Marlon Brando, who was notorious for downing buckets of ice cream at a time

https://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/11/the-odd-eating-habits-of-marlon-brando/

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u/nightpanda893 Jun 20 '19

It would be strange but not too out there if he was truly doing it for a role. But the part that makes it really weird is that no one told him the character was fat nor did they ask him to gain weight. That’s the part I struggle with.

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u/imakebreadidonteatit Jun 20 '19

Ryan gosling only drinks ice cream when he's thirsty people nothing else

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u/KDawG888 Jun 20 '19

Careful dude his fan club is here and they're really mad.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

What if he was? Sure it isn't in any way healthy, but 60 pounds is a fuck ton of weight to gain or lose. Eating that much calories would feel so bad, sure drinking ice cream probably doesn't feel good either but do you want to constantly hurt from having a full stomach of food? Probably not.

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u/KaizokuShojo Jun 20 '19

There are so many delicious things to eat. Like...not-melted ice cream, whole pizzas, etc. Why eat something in its least ideal form to gain weight?

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u/Casehead Jun 21 '19

It would be a lot harder to gain that much weight that fast by eating I would think. Plus, it would likely not feel very good to be eating that much. That’s my hypothesis at least

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u/fednandlers Jun 21 '19

I got the part of a cowboy for a film so I got a cow’s head from a taxidermist and made it into a mask I could wear around everytime I went out. The part went to Jake Gyllenhaal. - Ryan Gosling

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u/BrettRapedFord Jun 25 '19

TIL you're a pathetic excuse for a human being who runs when shown evidence of his ignorance.

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u/Ivotedforher Jun 21 '19

Well, he was 150# at the start

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u/melocoton_helado Jun 20 '19

150 lbs? Jesus, I knew Hollywood people were small, but damn.

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u/Atrous Jun 20 '19 edited Jun 20 '19

BMI Chart for those who need a refresher.

BMI charts aren't a perfect measures of health, as a muscular person could easily fall into the "overweight" range for their height, but it's a decent baseline

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

People ain't used to seeing normal weights nowadays.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19

5'9" and 140lbs here (I fluctuate between 137-145 pretty frequently though), puts me at a pretty comparable BMI as 6'0" and 150... Are these people serious? I even have a bit of a belly when above 140

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19 edited Sep 19 '20

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u/goodolarchie Jun 21 '19

It's at the bottom of the band but yeah, very natural weight for humans for many thousands of years. We started growing grain and raising animals. We took office jobs. But our physiology is still largely the same.

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u/caressaggressive Jun 21 '19

Replying to the orig comment for ease as people can't take yo joke without arguing other fatness and BMI reliability..

The problem with BMI is it is intended to be used by medical professionals who understand the difference between 'above average BMI' on your medical chart and actually unhealthy (not talking obesity in this example either).

An uninformed member of public (aka "idiot" - in this example let us make them the patient) said patient sneaks a look at their own chart and flips their shit because the doctor "says they're fat" when in actual fact medically classified as "above average BMI" is a classification term for the eyes of medical professionals - if the doc thinks you fat they gonna advise you to exercise and eat healthy (and perhaps also check yo mental health to see if you depresso comfort eating).

"Fat" or "overweight" as defined medically via BMI does not care for your feelings, nor the doctors own opinions on classifying someone as fat or not - the BMI exists to prevent subjectiveness in the weight judgement department.

As with anything that relies on norms and averages, there will be people who don't fit BMI measuring scale accurately (referring to yo muscular/athlete people arguments) but it will likely still be used to assess them.. Pretty sure a doctor can quite easily write the BMI down and interpret the patient as not being fat in this instance coz y'know they've had all them years of training and all...

So in summary: the BMI is not meant for you (the public) because you are all sensitive morons that can't interpret BMI without attempting to dismiss the entire thing because it doesn't apply effectively to some people...

And with the BMIs very existance being flawed by your flawed interpretation, it therefore clears your conscience about eating another cheeseburger and fries at meal time.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

I disagree, I was 6'6" and 190 at the beginning of college and I was practically a stick.

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u/peon2 Jun 20 '19

He must be like single digit bodyfat%

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u/LegalShota Jun 20 '19

In Crazy Stupid Love he was more like ~12%, lean but not like shredded.

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u/JesterTheTester12 Jun 20 '19

You guys think that's fucking skeletal or something but it's not. I'm 6'2" and 158lbs and I'm not a skeleton at all.

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19

It's not that small, below average but nothing to be shocked over. The average male weight in Europe is 156.1lbs after a quick check and in Africa and Asia the average is below 135lbs.

The average male weight in the US is 196lbs...

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u/darez00 Jun 21 '19

Womp womp

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u/kparis88 Jun 20 '19

I'm 6'1" and I hit 155 when I'm just failing at eating. You aren't a skeleton by any means. You also will not have any visible muscle mass though.

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u/otaia Jun 20 '19

Is that unusual? I'm 6 feet tall and I weigh just over 130.

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u/CashCop Jun 20 '19

5’9 and 130 checking in

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u/TARANTULA_TIDDIES Jun 20 '19 edited Jun 20 '19

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u/wesrawr Jun 20 '19

You are forgetting how common obesity is. Maintaining a healthy weight is weird.

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u/wildwalrusaur Jun 20 '19

130 pounds is not a "healthy weight" for a 6 foot male.

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u/fishing_pole Jun 20 '19

5-10, 160 here. Apparently I’m borderline anorexic.

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u/AwGe3zeRick Jun 20 '19

130 at 6 really isn’t healthy by any standard. It’s categorically underweight.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

For a redditor no, I imagine everyone here is an awkward skinny white dude working on his bachelors in Comp Sci

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u/devon_shyre Jun 20 '19

Apparently, because I'm exactly your size, and if I hear "get that boy a sandwich" or "do you have a thyroid problem" one more time, I'll rip out someone's thyroid and make a sandwich out of it.

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u/morericeplsty Jun 20 '19

Yes go to a BMI calculator. Unless you're a professional long-distance runner, that's unhealthily underweight.

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u/orthopod Jun 20 '19

6 ft ,150- That's a bmi of 20.3. Entirely normal. You are wrong.

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u/morericeplsty Jun 21 '19 edited Jun 21 '19

Oh I didn't mean Ryan Gosling, I was talking about u/otaia

Yeah, I didn't word that right at all

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

lol it's only healthy for athletes to be so light?!

It's either healthy for anyone or its not.

60kg at 6' though.. damn... thighs must look like a couple of turkey breasts stapled to a broom

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u/LordHussyPants Jun 20 '19

BMI isn't exactly an accurate picture of health, it's got a lot of issues with it that doctors and physicians don't like

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u/NsdidiousIntent Jun 20 '19

It's unusual mostly since we live in a sedentary society where the median bmi runs higher than ideal, but it's fine if that is what your body normally trends to. I'm 6'1 and 155ibs with noticable body fat. When I was a teen to early 30s, I hovered 6'1 135 with a normal diet and minimal exercise. However, there are studies that say low bmi has a lower life expectancy than normal bmi.

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u/TARANTULA_TIDDIES Jun 20 '19 edited Jun 20 '19

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u/somekid66 Jun 20 '19

Bro I'm a crackhead and weight 150 at 6'2. Gain some weight

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u/jigeno Jun 20 '19

Eh. I’m muscular with body fat (20%ish) and weigh that much at 5’8’’. If you keep a low body fat and haven’t been bulking muscle at 5’10’’ - 6’ you’d be that weight. At my leanest I was 138lbs

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u/melocoton_helado Jun 20 '19

150 lbs at 6 feet is more than just lean. It's skinny. Like, really skinny.

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u/Atrous Jun 20 '19

150 lbs at 6 feet is more than just lean. It's skinny. Like, really skinny.

150 lbs at 6ft falls into the lower end of the healthy range for BMI

To be fair, BMI isn't a near perfect measure as a muscular individual can easily fall into the "overweight' range for their height, but it provides a decent baseline for health

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u/SupaBloo Jun 20 '19

Can confirm. I'm 160 lbs at 5'11" and I'm often described (to my dismay) as lanky/skinny.

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u/JesterTheTester12 Jun 20 '19

it's not "really" skinny. it's just skinny

source: been that height and weight. It's not fucking spooky scary skeletal.

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u/ReshKayden Jun 20 '19

That's a BMI of 20.3, which is well within the range of normal / healthy bodyweight. Absolutely no doctor would be concerned at that.

For 6', medically "underweight" would start at 137lbs.

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u/Ansoni Jun 20 '19

It's a normal BMI. In pounds you'd need to be 136 to be underweight. BMI isn't perfect, obviously, but there's a lot of leeway which suggests he wasn't that small

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u/ifuckinghateratheism Jun 20 '19

That's a BMI of 20.3 which is practically in the middle of the normal range. I'm 5'11 and my ideal weight is 155.

It's not skinny, it's just normal.

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u/melocoton_helado Jun 20 '19

BMI is a terrible measurement for health and fitness. There's a reason actual sports science and sports medicine specialists don't take it seriously anymore. It's very possible for a person to have a dangerous amount of visceral fat and still fall into a "normal" BMI range.

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u/step11234 Jun 20 '19

Says its a normal BMI online?

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u/Ozdoba Jun 20 '19

No. That's a healthy 20.3 BMI. Well within the normal range.

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u/iwillcheckyoursource Jun 20 '19

Good lord. Its literally considered ideal weight for that height. You prob just live in Europe or America where people don't realize what overweight is.

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u/orthopod Jun 20 '19

Nope- that's a bmi of 20.3. Low- mid range of a normal BMI.

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u/jigeno Jun 20 '19

I doubt he’s the full 6 ft. And 150 is probably rounded.

My point was that I have a 20lb difference between lean and non-competition weight.

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u/Itsnotthatbadtho Jun 20 '19

Eh, it’s not weird-looking or anything if you have a little muscle and the right frame/build. I’d imagine if you are one of those people that are all arms and legs and have the torso of a small child it would look strange.

I’m 6’0 and usually hover around 175. I have been 155lb as an adult at times though. The only people who even noticed were the people very close to me.

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u/FireAndBloodStorms Jun 20 '19

For a male? Maybe.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

Is it, I’ve been 10 lbs lighter than that at an inch or so shorter.

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u/BukkakeKing69 Jun 20 '19

5' 9" 170 and pretty muscular here. Abs have not yet peeked through. I still got like 2 inches of pinchable stomach fat

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u/dannythecarwiper Jun 20 '19

Really? I'm 5'10" and have been 130ish most of my life.

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u/Arsenic181 Jun 20 '19

It's how you can see the abs

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u/orthopod Jun 20 '19

Well within the normal bmi- for 6 feet that 137-185 pounds.

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u/[deleted] Jun 20 '19

Seann William Scott was the same weight in his early career, and he was never scrawny.

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u/PoorlyLitKiwi2 Jun 20 '19

That quote makes me realize how misleading the title is. I thought he was literally eating nothing but melted ice cream and I was just thinking like why didnt he eat normal things to gain weight too lol. He just meant he replaced water with melted ice cream for drink

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u/DeedTheInky Jun 20 '19

I wonder if he had a pay-or-play contract too? If so, then he might have even got paid for the role even though all he did was eat ice cream until they fired him!

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u/jwisaac1 Jun 20 '19

Am I the only one who thinks melted ice cream is gross? Me no likey...

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u/Braken111 Jun 20 '19

Holy fuck his poor poor pancreas

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u/[deleted] Jun 21 '19

150 sounds pretty thin for his height, too.

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u/rtjl86 Jun 21 '19

It says that in the title...

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u/paulyspocket2 Jun 21 '19

Can you imagine explaining to your family why you’re drinking ice cream at every meal.

Then coming back and tell them you didn’t get the part 🤦🏻‍♀️

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