Welsh actor MATTHEW RHYS chose to ignore stark warnings from nutritionists before piling on weight for movie THE EDGE OF LOVE - by troughing his way through pies and beer in order to bulk up.
The star was expected to put on weight to play porky poet Dylan Thomas in the big screen biopic - but was ordered by a nutrition expert to devise a safe way to put on weight fast.
But Rhys decided to do the opposite of the expert's wise suggestions - choosing to pig out on high-fat foods instead of eating the recommended diet of fibre and protein.
He tells Britain's the Daily Express newspaper, "I have to say that I went to see a nutritionist, because it's quite easy to put a lot of weight on but you can clog your arteries doing it, so she advised me how to gain the weight healthily.
"Then I ignored all her healthy weight-gain plans and hit the pies and Guinness. It really did work."
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