Thaindian News

By Ranjan Bhaduri
Aug 14, (THAINDIAN NEWS) It is not new to see a Hollywood actor gaining weight for playing a particular role in a movie and the craze began with veteran actor Robert DeNiro for his award winning role in ‘Raging Bull’. However, nobody really expects petite and slender actress Julia Roberts, the pretty woman to put on more pounds for a movie. However, the otherwise slender actress did the same for her role in the film ‘Eat Pray Love’ which is releasing today. The movie has been adapted from the award winning novel by author Elizabeth Gilbert. The director of the film, Ryan Murphy succeeded in convincing the talented actress to attain a curvy figure for her role in it.

The story of the film ‘Eat Pray Love’ is based on a divorcee who spends eating for 4 months in Italy, praying in India for 4 months and finally finds love in Bali. The actress had to put on weight while the shooting for the Italy episode was on. The actress said in an interview that she gobbled countless slices of pizza during her stay in Italy. She said that she ended up eating no less than 8 pizza slices in 45 minutes. This is something she had never done before. The result was obvious and she put on 11 pounds during the filming in Italy. However, even with the additional weight she does not look odd. On the contrary her curvy look has been liked by the critics.

In a scene in ‘Eat Pray Love’ the actress is shown struggling to button her jeans. The scene looks quite convincing as well.