You can currently do it on Netflix In the heart of the sea stream, which retells the true story of the 1820 whaling ship Essex. This voyage later inspired Herman Melville to write his world-famous novel Moby Dick*. As with the adventure film Cast Away, which is also available on Netflix, they had to Stars for the ocean trip Suffering through extreme diets.
The adventure film In the Heart of the Sea is streaming on Netflix – complete with ravenous Marvel stars
Chasing an aggressive white whale in the heart of the sea is only half the adventure in Ron Howard’s 2015 film. After Captain George Pollard (Benjamin Walker), his first mate Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth), second mate Matthew Joy ( Cillian Murphy) and deck boy Tom Nickerson (Tom Holland) lose their ship, they have to travel in small boats survive on the open ocean for weeks. And this one Fight for survival against starvation should also be reflected in the actors’ bodies.
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In the Heart of the Sea: Starving Chris Hemsworth & Tom Holland
The cast members of the adventure film needed to credibly sell the extreme lack of food in a small boat in the heart of the sea only allowed 500 to 600 calories daily to take.
Chris Hemsworth lost almost 20 kilos of body weight when he starved himself down from 97 kilograms to 79 kilograms. He described the experience at the time as: “Physically and emotionally toughest shoot of my career” and as an experience that he did not want to repeat again.
Adventure diet for In the Heart of the Sea: Tom Holland’s croissant theft had consequences
Tom Holland, whose MCU future alongside Chris Hemsworth and Co. was still up in the air at the time, was not allowed to go on a diet as much as a 17-year-old for In the Heart of the Sea. Nevertheless, the adventure film’s strict nutritional rules also had the effect on his body that he… suddenly no longer tolerated normal food. What he noticed when he once secretly stole food:
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Towards the end of filming and the end of the diet, I hadn’t had any sugar for a long time. […] But one day I got so tired of it all and I went to the crew’s catering table and stole a croissant. I ate it in secret without anyone knowing.
But my body said: No, it has to go. And I vomited all over the boat rail. No one understood how I could vomit when I wasn’t eating anything. In the end I was able to blame it on my seasickness and say: Of course I don’t eat, I’m really good at dieting. It was hard, but for all the right reasons. Podcast: The 15 best series starts in September on Netflix, Amazon and Co.
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