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David Harbourhas no interest in dieting down for a role again.
TheStranger Thingsstar, 47, dropped 80 lbs. for his role as Sheriff Jim Hopper on the beloved Netflix series, but says it was probably the last time he’ll tackle that kind of transformation.
“I lost about 80 lbs. from season three — I was about 270 [then], and when we shot [season four] I was around 190,” HarbourtoldBritish GQ.
“I don’t think I’ll ever do that again,” he told the outlet. “I have this Santa Claus movie [Violent Night] coming out for Universal in December and I gained [it all back]. But now, yeah, never again. The prosthetics are too good.”
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Harbour’sStranger Thingscharacter has been a fan favorite since the hit Netflix series premiered, and interest in the star’s physique piqued late 2017 whenMerriam-Webster tweeteda clip of him dancing on the show as a visual definition of the term “dad bod.”
But the actor revealed the following year that he has mixed feelings aboutthe popularity of his “dad bod.”
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The New York native went on to say that he is “sick of these bodies on television that are impossibly thin” and hopes that the positive reaction to his “real body” might encourage Hollywood to continue to expand the idea ofwhat leading ladies and leading men look like.
“I want people to feel good in their bodies, like I’m sick of twigs on both ends of the spectrum, men and women. I’m totally tired of twigs,” he said. “I want people to love their bodies. Look, I don’t want you to be unhealthy. I want you to take care of yourself, take care of your heart. We don’t want you to be obese. But these impossible standards that Hollywood sets — I don’t find those people sexy anymore.”
Harbor said those impossible standards of beauty are “cruel to culture” and he doesn’t “want that cruelty in our bodies anymore.”
“I want more big girls in leading roles,” he added. “I want big guys in leading man roles. I want them to be the hero.”
source: people.com
