Thoughts on actors/actresses who get fat for a role and then lose weight? The post about Michelle Trachtenberg got me thinking about the title. If we hate fat people and still consider actors people even while they're in a role, where does that leave them if they get fat for the role? Hated? I don't mean ones who stay fat or were always fat. But if we look at Christian Bale or Rob McElhenney, they just go back to the original weight after the script of them being fat is over. We use a phrase here, I think it's 'Fat. Not even once' when we see excess skin photos from former fatties. Do actors who gain weight for a role and lose it still fall under 'Fat. Not even once'? List of other actors who gained weight Don't know how many didn't lose the weight honestly, but some in there definietly did lose the weight.