Mark Wahlberg has revealed that he consumed a diet of 11,000 calories in a bid to quickly pile on the pounds for a movie role. During an appearance on The Tonight Show on Thursday, July 15 to promote his upcoming drama Joe Bell, Jimmy Fallon asked the 50-year-old The Departed actor about another of his latest projects - a movie titled Stu. The usually ripped actor put on around 20 pounds over a period of around four weeks in his portrayal of a real-life former boxer who later became a priest. Check out the interview here: [[youtubewidget||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO2pSlfjXbw]] "Unfortunately, I had to consume, for two weeks, 7,000 calories, and then for another two weeks, 11,000 calories," he shared. "And it was fun for about an hour. It's such a hard, physical thing to do." He added: "Losing weight, you just kind of tough it out - you just don't eat, and exercise. And this, even when you're full, I would wake up after a meal and have another meal. I was eating every three hours. It was not fun." [[twitterwidget||https://twitter.com/V1N4L8/status/1396207055485218822]] When Fallon asked the actor whether he felt it was more difficult to gain and lose weight now that he has reached 50, he said: "Absolutely. Once the metabolism slows down, it gets really difficult. I'd been trying to get this movie made for three years. We only had 30 days to shoot it. And so I wanted to really make it happen." <img class="size-full wp-image-1263118410" src="https://img.vt.co/2021/07/Screen-Shot-2021-05-23-at-09.42.23-1024x1024-1.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="1024" />[[imagecaption|| Credit: Instagram/MarkWahlberg]] The actor, who was also aided by a fat suit and prosthetics, looked unrecognizable in images taken of <a href="https://vt.co/entertainment/celebrity/mark-wahlberg-is-unrecognizable-on-the-set-of-new-movie-as-fans-applaud-his-dedication">him in character back in May</a>. At one point, Mark was eating around eight meals a day, about every three hours, his personal chef Lawrence Duncan explained to<a href="https://www.eonline.com/uk/news/1266171/12-eggs-8-meals-and-7-000-calories-heres-exactly-how-mark-wahlberg-gained-20-pounds-in-3-weeks"> E! News</a>. Lawrence said: "We meet with a team of doctors who do his bloodwork and a nutritionist who gives us a full breakdown of what his body needs, what his body’s lacking and basically come up with a meal plan accordingly. "We do good carbohydrates, dark green vegetables, and then, just switch up the protein throughout the day and, at least, a dozen eggs a day.’ <h6>Featured image credit: Sipa US / Alamy</h6>

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