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Bill Haderfilled more roles than just actor while working on four seasons of HBO’sBarry, growing as a filmmaker in the process. He also learned he “can’t eat sweets” as much as he used to and gained 25 lbs.
“To know that I’ve grown as a filmmaker is really rewarding,” Hader, 45, toldThe Hollywood Reporterin an interview before theSAG-AFTRA strikebegan. “But I also know that I’m 45 and I put on weight way faster than I used to. That’s what I really learned, that I’m suddenly 25 pounds overweight. How the hell’d that happen?”
Hader also learned he could not eat junk food “the way I used to,” he told the outlet.
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The formerSaturday Night Livestar recalled how a costume designer told him he needed to wear “bigger clothes” because of his weight gain.
“I think it was toward the end of the season that the costume designer was like, ‘I think you need to wear bigger clothes. You’re wearing a large, and, well…’ " Hader recalled with a laugh. “We’ve got to go up a size, or three. Great!”
When Hader toldAccess Hollywoodabout his weight gain while makingBarryin April, he said he was “stress eating” during filming.
“I don’t train at all. I eat a lot of doughnuts and stress,” Hader told the show when asked if he trained forBarry’s action scenes. “I put on… between episodes three and four… I put on 25 lbs. from sheer stress eating. None of that is for the character. That is purely a guy during all the episodes and writing everything, and just stress eating like crazy. I’m in the process of trying to lose it.”
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In an April interview forPEOPLE in 10, Hader said his sporadic, acute fits of anxiety in real life influenced his award-winning performance on the series. “There’s definitely been moments in the show where the character has gotten panicked and got a panic attack, and I definitely felt that before,” the comedian explained.
“When I was onSaturday Night LiveI would get panic attacks pretty frequently,” continued Hader. “You knowBarryhas a panic attack and you go, ‘I know exactly what that feels like.’ "
All four seasons ofBarryare streaming on Max.
source: people.com
