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Eric Bana and Danny Huston will star in Elvis & Nixon, an indie that marks the directing debut of actor Cary Elwes, who wrote the script with Joey Sagal and Hanala Sagal. The film’s funded by Benaroya Pictures. The film is based on a 1970 powwow between Presley (Bana) and Nixon (Huston) when the former petitioned to be a Federal Agent at Large in the war against drugs, which in hindsight seems a bit odd. Presley brought a Colt .45 pistol as a gift to the president. Bana will be exec producer. He’ll next star in the Lakeshore thriller Brilliant and just wrapped Blackbird.
We often hear about actors going to that extra lengths to get into their roles. Some went as far as shaving their luscious locks, like Natalie Portman in V for Vendetta and Charlize Theron for Mad Max: Fury Road, while some starve to lose weight to embody their characters. One of the more difficult things to do for a role is to gain weight. Most of the actors we know are lean and svelte, but when the role demands it and wearing a fat suit just isn’t gonna cut it, they have to pile on the pounds. Here are seven dedicated actors who go to extreme lengths to gain weight for their role.
Collider
We chat with 'The Forgiven' star Eric Bana about why playing notorious murderer Piet Blomfeld was so intimidating, working with Forest Whitaker, what it takes to make such a dark movie, and more.
Empire
It’s one of the odder political summits of the 20th century. In December 1970, Elvis Presley, rock god, showed up at the White House to meet President Richard Nixon, dorky crook-in-waiting. There he pledged to assist in America’s war on drugs and requested the secret position of “undercover Federal Agent-At-Large”, which answers the question of what you give the man who has everything. This frothy lark imagines what might have happened when these two minds met.
