To play in David Fincher’s “Gone Girl”, actress Rosamund Pike had to adhere to a particularly difficult diet. Focus.
Released in theaters in October 2014, the feature film Gone Girl by David Fincher, broadcast this Sunday evening on France 2, tells the story of the fight of a man (Ben Affleck) to find his missing partner. A companion played on screen by British actress Rosamund Pike, who was required to follow a very specific diet for her role.
Rosamund Pike actually gained and lost six kilos three times to be able to slip into the character of Amy Dunne at different times in her life. A dietary yo-yo that we readily imagine is difficult to live with and which places the actress both in the category of stars who gained weight for a role and that of stars who lost weight for a role.
“I had to be thinner in LA and heavier in the Ozarks, then get heavier and thinner in the studio.”said Rosamund Pike at the microphone of the Vulture site in 2014. “I’ve done this three times.”
“They established the schedule based on that, which gave me two weeks each time to be ready”continues the actress. “It was very intense. It was like turning your body into a chemistry laboratory.”
To gain weight, Rosamund Pike had to eat hamburgers and malt. And to lose weight, she had to train with a professional boxer in workouts that could last up to four hours a day.
The role of Amy, ultimately given to Rosamund Pike, was initially to go to Reese Whiterspoon, who remained producer of the film with her company Pacific Standard. Other actresses in the running included Natalie Portman, Emily Blunt, Charlize Theron and Olivia Wilde.
Adapted from the work of Gillian Flynn, Gone Girl, which notably attracted attention for a nude scene by Ben Affleck, is David Fincher’s last feature film to be released in theaters and the filmmaker’s biggest success on the American soil with $167.7 million in revenue. A David Fincher who will unveil the thriller The Killer, led by Michael Fassbender, on November 10 on Netflix.
Our meeting with David Fincher and Rosamund Pike for “Gone Girl”: