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Oh my God, MATT DAMON is so thin!!!


I know this was done in 1996. It was on cable last night, and I happened to put it on the tv and there in front of me was a skinny, emaciated Matt Damon. I kept saying "who is this guy, I know him!!!", and then I said "this cannot be Matt Damon, why the hell does he look like this? I didn't see the whole film. Was there a reason he was so skinny in this movie? My god, he looked like he's anorexic.

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u know he siad that he only ate one meal a day and it was a potato that had no salt nothing on it-water-ran 5 miles in the morning and then at night-cigretts

he siad he was on medication for 3 years-hospitalized for 2 weeks with a feeding tube for 2 days.

VERY UNHEALTHY GUY THEN!


DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO HE WAS DATING AT THE TIME?

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What was wrong with him that he was on medication for 3 years and hospitalizd for 2 weeks? Did this happen after the film or before? thanks

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He was also playing a heroin addict so he may have slimmed down for that.

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Exactly. In the present-day scenes in which he is a heroin addict, he is extremely thin. In the flashback scenes with Meg Ryan, he is a healthy weight. He is not skinny all through the movie. His character deteriorated after the events in the Gulf War.

You must be the change you seek in the world. -- Gandhi

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