Picture actor John Goodman, and you likely imagine his larger-than-life character in The Borrowers or The Flintstones – but at 74, the star looks entirely different, having lost 200 lb in recent years.
In a new interview with The Sunday Times, Goodman admitted it would have been a 'godsend' to have been prescribed weight loss drugs to drop the 14 stone he has lost in recent years.
Instead, to lose the tremendous amount of weight, which equates to around half of his body weight, the actor underwent stomach surgery as well as cutting out alcohol and working on his addiction to food and committing to exercise.
Speaking of his troubles, John said of his lifelong addiction to food, which began in childhood: "I'd just get home and start eating. I’ve had troubles with my weight since I was little and the shame is just unbearable, so you eat more. It was always a source of my own weakness that I could flog myself with.
"I was eating alcoholically. It was just something to up the ante. It was dangerous. My joints were shot from the weight I was carrying."
Since then, he has had two knee replacements and works hard in the gym, having begun exercising frequently a decade ago. "I mean, I have ...