50 Cent Drops 54 Pounds in Nine Weeks for a Movie Role

By Gerald "Gerry" Pugliese on May 30, 2010

Wow! I'm not sure you'll find rapper 50 Cent "in da club" anytime soon - look at him!

Fiddy, real name Curtis Jackson, has been acting for a few years now - appearing in movies like Righteous Kill and Get Rich or Die Tryin' - and the dude is serious about his craft.

Recently he dropped 54 pounds to play a college football player who gets cancer.

You'd be hard pressed not to give 50 an A for effort and commitment. He looks terrible, but it sure is accurate... a little too accurate.

And how 50 lost the 54 pounds is pretty shocking. 50, who's normally ripped and built like a tank, went on a, uh, severe juice diet and spent three hours a day on the treadmill for nine weeks - that's right, only nine weeks!

50 started off weighing 214 pounds, and now "tips" the scale at 160; losing that much weight in nine weeks is insane, so when that photo first hit the web, 50's fans thought he was really sick. You can't blame them.

Tom Hanks didn't even go that crazy in Castaway. He just worked out and watched what he ate - and presumably underwent physiological abuse to fall in love with a volleyball.

50's new movie is called Things Fall Apart, and co-stars Ray Liotta and Mario Van Peebles. Not exactly an all star cast; put Al Pacino and Clint Eastwood in there and maybe putting your body through that is worth it, maybe.

If you've ever heard him interviewed, 50 is an incredibly intelligent guy, so it makes you wonder why he would do something so stupid.

Weird weight loss

7 Comments

ola on 30 May 2010

WoW!

Drewboy on 30 May 2010

Reminds me of Dave Chappele's character "Tyrone". "Mah name's Tyrone, and I SMOKE ROCKS!"

I read Curtis's book "The 50th Law" while on vacation last fall. His point, repeated throughout the book, is to take positive risks and follow through on it despite hardships & fear. He also advocates being 100% committed to what you do. I think that philosophy on life shows here.

Enny on 30 May 2010

50 new looks is gross.don't lyk it one bit.

Spectra on 30 May 2010

50 Cent is a smart guy and he likes to stay in shape. I'm fairly certain he's only doing this for the movie and he'll probably gain all his sexy muscles back once the shooting is over with.

Jim Purdy on 30 May 2010

QUOTE:
"it makes you wonder why he would do something so stupid."

Uh ... duh ... maybe the big money?

trinidad julie on 31 May 2010

50 i am one of your biggest fan hope your return to your healty self without complication we love 50 from trinidad& tobago

quandric on 15 Jun 2010

damn i no u got money but damn i no u hungry i no u wont a big juciy buger wit cheese and bacon an errthang i no dat sound gud huh