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Mila Kunis: I Looked Like Gollum in 'Black Swan'

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Posted Nov 30th 2010 at 12:15PM  
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Courtesy Nylon

In the latest issue of Nylon magazine, Mila Kunis opens up about the difficult weight loss she underwent for her role as a tortured ballerina in upcoming film "Black Swan."

"It was the most intense training I've ever had in my life, and probably will have for anything. I lost 20 pounds, so I went down to 95 pounds. I weigh 117 usually, like today. I looked like Gollum [from 'The Lord of the Rings']."

Kunis' preparation for the role was admittedly intense. She restricted herself to a 1,200-calorie-a-day diet, in addition to ballet classes for four hours a day, seven days a week.

Her disgust with her extreme weight loss seems to be Kunis' go-to interview tactic as she makes the rounds promoting the movie, which is already receiving Oscar buzz for Best Picture.

Promoting the film to E!'s Marc Malkin, Kunis expanded on the weight-loss issue.

"My mom freaked out," Kunis said, according to E! Online. "She was like, 'You have to promise me this isn't going to affect you.' I was like, 'I promise it won't, but it might take me a little time to be OK with having a little more fat on me.'"

She went further, saying that she hated her shapeless bod.

"I could see why this industry is so f****d up, because ... I would literally look at myself in the mirror and I was like, 'Oh my God!' I had no shape, no boobs, no ass ... all you saw was the bone. I was like, 'This looks gross.' Man," Kunis said. "It took me five months to lose 20 pounds, but it took me just five days -- days! -- to gain it all back."

We also like Kunis better with a little meat on her bones. Check out that meat in exclusive outtakes from her Nylon photo shoot at Nylonmag.com.
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teltech543, 12-01-2010, 6:42PM

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teltech543

Doable at any weight

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Ronin, 12-01-2010, 6:55PM

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Ronin

Either way, you're a babe.

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StarrJonez, 12-01-2010, 7:48PM

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StarrJonez

She still has no boobs or ass.

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tieboe, 12-01-2010, 7:51PM

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tieboe

If she gained it back in just 5 days then all she ever lost was water weight...there is no way in hell you gain 20 in 5 days when in order to gain a single pound you have to eat 3500 more calories than you burn off...this would mean that she would have had to have eaten 14,000 calories extra everyday in addition to what she burned off in order to accomplish this. Unless she sat eating choclate all day I dont see how this could be especially since her stomach would have shrunk from eating so little in order to get down to 95lb to begin with....possible but highly unlikely...

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Barbara Mayer, 12-02-2010, 4:13AM

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Barbara Mayer

I was 125 pounds, and anorexic and bullemic. I ate 400 calories a day and nothing else. When I no longer wanted to be bullemic, I gained 60 pounds in a month and a half, just by eating normally...not overeating at all. See, it can happen and apparently did.

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John F.C. Taylor, 12-01-2010, 10:07PM

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John F.C. Taylor

Remember Val Kilmer and Dennis Quaid in those two Wyatt Earp movies? Prime examples of actors losing weight for the role. I don't recall either of them bitching about the weight loss like M.K. is.

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Tanz112, 12-01-2010, 10:45PM

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Actually, Dennis Quaid developed a serious eating disorder after losing weight for his Doc Holliday role. It took him a long time to overcome anorexia and gain back healthy weight.

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Anka, 12-01-2010, 11:02PM

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Anka

This was Mila Kunis performance of a lifetime although somewhat typecasted. Both her and Natalie Portman deserve kudoes for a job well done!

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pete, 12-01-2010, 11:55PM

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pete

she is hot no matter what

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Rick, 12-02-2010, 1:17AM

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The major difference is Gollum had talent.

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Bob, 12-02-2010, 12:30PM

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Bob

Whatever. 5 days. what did she get rid of, what was left of her talent?

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