God, I just love Viola Davis. When I really love a certain celebrity, it’s difficult for me to even acknowledge that they are anything less than perfect. That’s where I am with Viola – she is perfection to me. She’s cool and intelligent and talented, with a wonderful humble, vulnerable streak that makes her seem grounded and real. Where was I going with this? Oh, this is my explanation for never noticing Viola’s body in any way. To me, she looks fine/beautiful. She looks strong and healthy and like she eats solids. She looks like she works on her body without being a gym rat. So imagine my shock at learning that Viola is on a DIET. Not just any diet either – she doing “the Wolverine Diet”.
When it comes to shaping up for her latest role, Viola Davis is turning to one of the hottest bodies in Hollywood for inspiration: Hugh Jackman.
The actress says she’s following the so-called “Wolverine diet” to play Susie Brown in the upcoming James Brown biopic, Get on Up.
“[I’m] losing a little weight. When I say ‘a little,’ I mean ‘a little,’ ” she told PEOPLE Saturday at the Los Angeles Hammer Museum’s 11th Annual Gala In The Garden. “I’m not a weight girl much.”
Jackman’s diet for the Marvel Comics franchise calls for limiting food intake to a period of eight hours every day while fasting the remaining 16 hours, according to the Oscar-nominated actress. However, she adds, “For eight hours in that day, you eat anything you want. They tell you not to binge, but you choose those eight hours.”
On the menu for Davis: “I’m a former ‘big girl’, and I like the fat burgers, the turkey fat burgers and the ‘skinny’ fries,” she says. “That being said, I eat a lot of low-carb pasta.”
Her extreme diet may be running its course on her body, but it’s not affecting her emotions.
“I’m not a cranky person,” she says. “I’m one of those people that will wake up in the middle of the night and dig through my drawer for some candy – and put it in my mouth and chew it as I go back to sleep.”
First of all, she’s playing James Brown’s wife?!!? That’s amazing. Get On Up stars Chadwick Boseman as James Brown – he recently played Jackie Robinson in 42. Second of all, how insane is it that some told Viola to lose weight for the role, or that she felt the need to lose weight for the role? Damn it, Hollywood!! STOP TELLING VIOLA TO LOSE WEIGHT. Stop telling every actress to lose weight.
As for Viola’s “extreme diet” – I’ve actually tried a less hardcore version of this before, like I would eat an early dinner and try not snack at all in the evening. It’s difficult to only limit yourself to eating within an eight-hour span every day – think about it. Think about when you eat breakfast and think about how hungry you are at the end of the workday. I’d prefer the “grazer” diet – you’re allowed smaller quantities of food through the day and evening, and isn’t that what many trainers and nutritionists recommend anyway?
Also – “I’m one of those people that will wake up in the middle of the night and dig through my drawer for some candy – and put it in my mouth and chew it as I go back to sleep” – I’ve never heard of anyone else doing that, ever. V has a weird relationship with food, I guess?
This is Viola in January (the photos of V in white are from September):
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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