Michelle Yeoh paper man! Losing 10 kg to play the role of Aung San Suu Kyi

The movie "In the Name of Love: Aung San Suu Kyi", which will be released in Taiwan on March 16, is a masterpiece that international director Luc Besson prepared for three years and shot for one year. The leading actress Michelle Yeoh came to Taiwan on the 7th to promote the movie. Everyone was curious about why Michelle Yeoh lost 10 kilograms for the sake of the film, and they couldn't help but admire her perseverance and hard work. In fact, there are many stars in the history of Chinese and foreign films who have lost weight or gained weight rapidly for a role. However, doctors can't help but warn you about this process of rapid weight gain and weight loss: be careful not to disrupt your metabolism and create hidden health risks!

Michelle Yeoh lost 10 kilograms and looked like a paper man in order to star in "In the Name of Love: Aung San Suu Kyi". (Photo/taken from the official website of the movie "In the Name of Love: Aung San Suu Kyi")

Since Aung San Suu Kyi herself was very thin, Michelle Yeoh's original weight was between 48 and 50 kilograms. When she met Aung San Suu Kyi's son for the first time, he said to Michelle Yeoh, "My mother is thinner than you." Hearing this, Michelle Yeoh decided to lose a lot of weight in order to perform like the original actress. She set the same standards for herself as a marathon runner in intensive training, running once in the morning and once in the evening every day, while halving her food intake and controlling her diet. In this way, she lost 10 kilograms in one go and became like a "paper man". She also maintained a weight of 40 kilograms throughout the entire movie.

It was not until the filming of the movie was completed that Michelle Yeoh gradually resumed her normal diet. She has now gradually gained weight and her face looks fuller. It is really hard to imagine the difficult process she went through to lose 10 kilograms.

In addition to Michelle Yeoh who lost weight drastically for a role and caused a topic of discussion, there are also many female stars who sacrificed themselves by gaining weight for a role. In the 1970s, actress Yang Huishan once gained nearly 20 kilograms from 50 kilograms to over 70 kilograms in just two months for the filming of "I Spent My Life Like This", which caused a sensation. Afterwards, she quickly returned to her slim figure and became a benchmark for subsequent female stars who gained weight rapidly. Including Hong Kong stars such as Wang Zuxian, who also claimed to have gained more than 70 kilograms for the role of a fat girl in the new TVB drama "Fatty's Wedding", and Hong Kong star Myolie Wu, who ate midnight snacks every night and ate chocolate and instant noodles before going to bed, actively gained 36 kilograms.

There are also examples of Hollywood actresses who gain or lose weight rapidly like inflating and deflating a balloon. In order to perform in the first and second episodes of Bridget Jones's Diary, Renee Zellweger ate a lot of high-fat foods such as butter and gained more than ten kilograms in one go. She always finds a way to lose weight rapidly, and it seems not difficult at all to gain or lose weight as easily as inflating a balloon.

For celebrities, rapid weight gain or loss not only affects hormones, disrupts metabolism, and even women's menstrual period, but may also cause hardening of blood vessels and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease in the future.