'I bristled when I read the headline about Cillian eating ‘an almond a day’'
‘Cillian Murphy ate an almond a day to get into shape for role’ is just one of theco-star Emily Blunt’s interview where she referenced the actor’s weight loss: “He had such a monumental undertaking,” she toldThousands isn’t an exaggeration: a Google ‘News’ search of ‘Cillian Murphy weight loss’ yields 7,140 results. A staggering amount of interest in someone for just… being in a smaller body. But this doesn’t come as a surprise: our societyobsessed with weight.
For me, this was a vital addition to the narrative. Weight loss is so often idolised and sought-after – no matter the means or consequences – that we can lose sight of the effects on the body both physically and mentally. After Matt Damon lost 51 pounds for his role in film, he damaged an adrenal gland and his doctors reportedly told him that the stress he underwent during this time could have caused permanent damage to his heart.
I bristled when I read the headline about Cillian eating ‘an almond a day’: not only because it uses ‘in shape’ to refer to an emaciated character who lived off martinis and cigarettes, but also because as a child of diet culture, almonds will always trigger me… Almonds were a hallmark of diet culture, and we were encouraged to use them to stave off hunger and sometimes even replace meals – but consumption still had to be limited, of course, because did you know nuts are also very calorific?...
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