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  • McConaughey, Leto, and HIV in New ‘Dallas Buyers Club’ Trailer

    Late last year, photos of Matthew McConaughey looking sickly hit tabloids. The actor had lost more than 30 pounds off his frame to star in the upcoming movie Dallas Buyers Club. Jared Leto also made headlines by dressing in drag for the same movie.

    This week, the fruits of McConaughey’s crash diet can be glimpsed in the new official trailer for Dallas Buyers Club. The movie stars McConaughey as a Texan named Ron Woodroof who was diagnosed with HIV in the mid-80s. He and “Rayon” (played by Leto) band together with other HIV-positive people create a club to import unapproved HIV medications into the U.S.

    The movie has a December 6 release date in the U.S., but will also be screened at the Toronto Film Festival next month.

  • Matthew McConaughey Stopped Eating For Role

    Matthew McConaughey’s photo has been making the rounds on the web lately, and not because women want to share the image of his cut abs.

    The normally buff actor has lost 30 pounds in order to portray a man with AIDS in “The Dallas Buyers Club”; the character is loosely based on Ron Woodruff, who was diagnosed in the early days of the disease and was a huge proponent of the only FDA-approved drug to be used as treatment. Woodruff reportedly helped other AIDS patients get access to the drug, and even smuggled it and other treatments into the U.S.

    The 42-year old actor recently spoke about his dramatic weight loss, which has taken fans by surprise, and said he achieved it mostly by fasting.

    “It’s a bit of a spiritual cleanse, mental cleanse,” he said. “I’m drinking a lot of tea.”

    “The Dallas Buyers Club” debuts sometime in 2013 and also stars Jennifer Garner and Jared Leto.

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