By Alicia CruzThe Black Urban Times
If there was ever an actor dedicated to a role, it appears to be rapper/actor 50 cent (nee Curtis James Jackson III). Jackson is set to star in a film he co-developed titled “Things Fall Apart.”
The movie synopsis: Jackson will play a football running back who falls ill with Cancer during his senior year in college and must undergo chemotherapy.
Obviously, Jackson had to lose weight for the role and when he did, it was a quite a change.
When filming began, the actor reportedly weighed 214 pounds. Now he’s weighing in at 160 pounds and the weight loss has altered his appearance drastically.
The pictures below show a very gaunt Jackson with a shaved head, a stark contrast from his usual masculine appearance.
Some tweeters commented that Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jackson, with his new temporary look, could be twins, referring to Combs’ role in the 2001 film “Monsters Ball” where he played an inmate on death row.
Thinking back to the film and that scene where Combs, head shaven, is looking at Letttica (Halle Berry), we had to agree there was quite a similarity.
Jackson allegedly lost all that weight on a total liquid diet that spanned nine weeks. He also trekked on a treadmill for three hours a day.
“I was starving,” Jackson told Us Weekly during a recent interview. “I’ve been eating. I’ll be back in shape in no time.”
Jackson wrote the film; Mario Van Peebles is directing and starring in the film along with Lynn Whitfield, Mike P and Steve Eastin. Word is the film began production last month, but no release date has been given.
The movie synopsis: Jackson will play a football running back who falls ill with Cancer during his senior year in college and must undergo chemotherapy.
Obviously, Jackson had to lose weight for the role and when he did, it was a quite a change.
When filming began, the actor reportedly weighed 214 pounds. Now he’s weighing in at 160 pounds and the weight loss has altered his appearance drastically.
The pictures below show a very gaunt Jackson with a shaved head, a stark contrast from his usual masculine appearance.
Some tweeters commented that Sean “Diddy” Combs and Jackson, with his new temporary look, could be twins, referring to Combs’ role in the 2001 film “Monsters Ball” where he played an inmate on death row.
Thinking back to the film and that scene where Combs, head shaven, is looking at Letttica (Halle Berry), we had to agree there was quite a similarity.
Jackson allegedly lost all that weight on a total liquid diet that spanned nine weeks. He also trekked on a treadmill for three hours a day.
“I was starving,” Jackson told Us Weekly during a recent interview. “I’ve been eating. I’ll be back in shape in no time.”
Jackson wrote the film; Mario Van Peebles is directing and starring in the film along with Lynn Whitfield, Mike P and Steve Eastin. Word is the film began production last month, but no release date has been given.
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