On Monday, Chris Hemsworth and his wife, Spanish actress Elsa Pataky, attended the New York premiere of Chris’s upcoming film In the Heart of the Sea. The action-packed movie, directed by Ron Howard, stars Chris, Benjamin Walker and Cillian Murphy and tells the harrowing tale the of the 1820 sinking of the American whaling ship Essex, which inspired Herman Melville to write Moby-Dick. The movie is coming to a multiplex near you this Friday, December 11.

In order to prepare for his role as a starving sailor, the 32-year-old Aussie went on an insane (and probably very unhealthy) diet, losing 33 pounds in a month. He said, “At one point, a day’s rations were a boiled egg, a couple of crackers and a celery stick.” Obviously, such a restricted diet would make one a bit cranky (I know I would be), but Chris credits his wife for helping him suffer through his preparation for the role. At the premiere, Chris told PEOPLE Magazine, “She had to put up with my moods unfortunately. She’s great. I’d kind of done it before in Rush (where he dropped 30 pounds to play Formula 1 driver James Hunt) but not to this extreme. By the end of it she was happy for me to start eating again.”

And eat he did, going to an Italian restaurant and gorging on “all sorts of pasta and pizza and all the wrong things.” Hey, Chris, there is absolutely nothing wrong with pizza. Ever. Chris went on to say, “It gave me a bit of a food hangover to honest with you. I hadn’t eaten anything like that for a while.” He told the New York Daily News, “I had about half of one (pizza slice) before I realized I should stop and my stomach had not had dairy or carbs in months and I was making a huge mistake. It was a wonderful minute and a half.”

Judging by the photos from the premiere, the Italian food didn’t do any long term damage. Chris is looking mighty fine and his 39-year-old wife is really rocking that beaded dress (yes, I have dress envy.) I do wonder if it’s really worth it to gain and lose such a large amount of weight in such a short time. It can’t do a body good in the long run. I guess that’s why I never went into acting!

Just tried a new diet/training program called “Lost At Sea”. Wouldn't recommend it.. #IntheHeartoftheSea @zocothebodypro

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Chris Hemsworth on his weight loss: Elsa ‘had to put up with my moods’

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