‘It was turning your body into a chemistry lab’: Rosamund Pike’s incredible diet for Gone Girl

Released in cinemas in October 2014, David Fincher’s feature film Gone Girl, broadcast this Sunday night on France 2, tells the story of a man’s (Ben Affleck) struggle to find his missing partner. British actress Rosamund Pike plays the role of the companion on the screen, who was required to follow a very specific diet for the role.

Rosamund Pike actually gained and lost 20 pounds three times to get into the character of Amy Dunne at different times in her life. A diet yo-yo that we can easily imagine is difficult to live with and which places the actor in the category of both stars who have gained weight for a role and stars who have lost weight for a role.

“I had to be thinner in Los Angeles and heavier in the Ozarks, then in the studio I got thinner and thinner.”said Rosamund Pike On the Vulture site mic in 2014. “I did that three times.”

“They built a schedule based on that that gave me two weeks to be ready each time”continues the actor. “It was very intense. It was like turning your body into a chemistry lab.”

Rosamund Pike had to eat hamburgers and malt to gain weight. And to lose weight, he had to train with a professional boxer, which could last up to four hours a day.

The role of Amy, which eventually went to Rosamund Pike, was originally supposed to go to Reese Whitespoon, who stayed on to produce the film with her company Pacific Standard. Other actors included Natalie Portman, Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron and Olivia Wilde.

Adapted from the work of Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, which especially attracted attention with Ben Affleck’s nude scene, is David Fincher’s last feature film to hit theaters and the filmmaker’s biggest success on American soil with $167.7 million. David Fincher, who will release the Michael Fassbender-led thriller The Killer on Netflix on November 10.

Our meeting with David Fincher and Rosamund Pike for ‘Gone Girl’: