Zac Efron claims he developed insomnia and profound depression after the role in “Baywatch”

Zac Efron claims he developed insomnia and profound depression after the role in “Baywatch”


The actor said he ate the same three meals a day and only managed to recover six months after filming ended.

The actor Zac Efron said to have developed insomnia And depression after playing Matt Brody in the film Baywatchsince 2017.

In an interview published in the American magazine Men’s health last Wednesday, 7, the artist claimed that the character’s physical form required a routine that ended up harming his health.

He revealed that at the time of the shoot he was taking diuretics, exercising too much and ate the same three meals a day. “This look of Baywatch, I don’t know if this is really achievable. There is little water on the skin. It’s fake, it looks like computer graphics, “she said.

Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron starred in the 2017 movie ‘Baywatch’ Photo: Frank Masi / Paramount Pictures – 2017

The actor’s routine triggered insomnia and deep depression. According to the magazine, if the recordings ended at midnight, Efron would wake up at 4am to train.

“Something about that experience wore me out. Them [os médicos] belittling diuretics for so long, it messed everything up, “he said, who only managed to recover six months after filming ended.

The feature film, which brought Zac and the actor Dwayne Johnson as protagonists, he also won an award at the golden raspberrysatire of Oscar which honors the worst films of the year, in 2018.

* Trainee under the supervision of Charlise de Morais

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Source: Terra

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