How far would you go for a role? Would you lose 33 pounds? That's what actor Kim Rae Won did for his role in the film "Gangnam Blues." The actor felt he could look more like a thug if he were thinner. Then when he had to play a man dying of brain cancer in "Punch," he lost another ten pounds.

"That physique also seemed appropriate to portray Park in "Punch," so I didn't try to go back," said Kim in an interview with Korea's Joongang Daily. "Then as filming progressed, I became so thin that I tried to gain some weight. But for some reason I couldn't. I ate four to five meals a day, but my weight wouldn't go up."

Unfortunately the weight loss left him weak and he had to go to the emergency room several times while filming the drama.
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