Rapper becomes skin and bones to play cancer sufferer

May 27, 2010 14:45 GMT  ·  By
50 Cent becomes skin and bones to play cancer sufferer in upcoming “Things Fall Apart” film
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   50 Cent becomes skin and bones to play cancer sufferer in upcoming “Things Fall Apart” film

Not long ago, rapper 50 Cent was saying he was done with recording hip-hop for a while and that he had decided to focus first and foremost on his acting career. He even had all his arm tattoos removed for this purpose and, to show just how dedicated he is, he even lost a lot of weight for a part in an upcoming movie, as he says in a post on his official website, ThisIs50.

Fiddy even provides pictures to show just to the kind of lengths he went to to become the character he’s playing in “Things Fall Apart,” namely a footballer who is diagnosed with cancer and starts treatment for it. As it’s common knowledge by now, it’s no longer that much of a shock when an actor or an actress loses or gains weight for a movie role. Yet even with that, seeing the formerly buff Fiddy almost skin and bones is a sight that requires a second look to take in properly.

“50 Cent lost a lot of weight for his upcoming movie ‘Things Fall Apart.’ In the movie 50 Cent plays a football player diagnosed with cancer. He dropped from 214 pounds to an astonishing 160 with a liquid diet and three-hour-a-day treadmill walks for nine weeks. ‘I was starving.’ Now he’s back on tour and says, ‘I’ve been eating. I’ll be back in shape in no time!’” a post accompanying the two photos on the rapper’s official website reads. Talk about dedication – as these photos have already gotten bloggers speculating about how the rapper is gunning for an Oscar.

Which may very well be the case, considering how adamant he was a while back about making a name for himself as a genuine thespian. He even started the long and painful process of having all his arm tattoos removed saying that, while they all meant something to him, covering them with makeup simply took too long to be worth it. So, because he was not playing about this whole acting thing, he’d decided to have them removed, except for his back piece, of which he said he simply couldn’t take off.

50’s massive weight loss would go to prove that the star is indeed a surprising, unpredictable character. For those still having doubts about that, know that 50 Cent recently announced he was coming out with a dance album marking his refusal to be fit in a single box.

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