Re: It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia
good interview w/ the cast on collider.com. In it they talk about Macs weight gain...
So, why has Rob McElhenney put on so much weight for this season?
DAY: Much like the great actors of our time – DeNiro, Christian Bale, Marlon Brando . . .
HOWERTON: . . . although, that wasn’t on purpose . . .
DAY: . . . Rob McElhenney has intentionally gained 50 pounds for this season. It’s been disgusting to watch him pursue this venture.
OLSON: I live with it. We share the same kitchen and bed.
DAY: We’re a little bit on the fence about it, just for his own personal health and safety, but it has definitely made Mac a lot funnier this season because he still thinks he has the body of an Adonis.
HOWERTON: In Mac’s mind, his excuse is that he’s been spending all this time building up his mass and bulking up, with the idea being that he’s eventually going to chisel it down and he’ll be this big, massive, muscular beast.
ROB McELHENNEY: When David was created, you had to first get a slab of marble, and then you chisel it down.
HOWERTON: So, you’ll see the big, fat, marble slab without it ever having been chiseled down.
McELHENNEY: I’ve actually lost about five pounds, since I put it on. I’m trying not to.
What’s been the method for you to gain all of this weight?
McELHENNEY: I was eating 5,000 calories a day, which is a lot. Every day, I drink a huge shake with Weight Gainer and ice cream, and I eat donuts.
DeVITO: We send him a lot of cake.
What was the reason for this?
McELHENNEY: I was watching a very popular sitcom and noticing about how the characters were getting better looking, as the seasons progressed. And, I have never seen a sitcom in which the actors progressively got worse looking, which is, I think, truer to life, especially the lives that these characters lead. And, a character that’s always talking about putting on mass and all he does is eat **** and drink beer would eventually look like this. I thought that would be an interesting experiment, and it seems to be working out.
If it’s funnier, are you going to keep going into the next season?
McELHENNEY: **** no! I can’t. My liver wouldn’t be able to take it.
DAY: Which is too bad because it’s definitely funnier.
HOWERTON: When Rob first moved out to L.A., he probably weighed 135 pounds or 140 pounds. Now, he weighs 205.
OLSON: When we started dating, I was like, “I really like this guy, but he’s very skinny.” Not anymore! He proved me wrong.
DAY: It will be interesting to see if he can return from the abyss.
OLSON: He thinks it will drop off.
McELHENNEY: I think it’s going to fall right off.
HOWERTON: The first 20 pounds will.
When does the experiment stop?
McELHENNEY: When we’re done shooting, so in two weeks.
What are you going to miss most?
McELHENNEY: Just the gluttony of not having to think about it, and eating whatever I want.
DeVITO: He’s always got something in his hand. He’s always eating. It’s really ridiculous. You turn around and he’s got a cupcake. You turn around and he’s got a burrito.
McELHENNEY: Even now, I’m sucking on sugar, just to keep my blood sugar up. It’s a full-time commitment.
OLSON: Not to mention the longer beard and the hair, and the whole thing.
good interview w/ the cast on collider.com. In it they talk about Macs weight gain...
So, why has Rob McElhenney put on so much weight for this season?
DAY: Much like the great actors of our time – DeNiro, Christian Bale, Marlon Brando . . .
HOWERTON: . . . although, that wasn’t on purpose . . .
DAY: . . . Rob McElhenney has intentionally gained 50 pounds for this season. It’s been disgusting to watch him pursue this venture.
OLSON: I live with it. We share the same kitchen and bed.
DAY: We’re a little bit on the fence about it, just for his own personal health and safety, but it has definitely made Mac a lot funnier this season because he still thinks he has the body of an Adonis.
HOWERTON: In Mac’s mind, his excuse is that he’s been spending all this time building up his mass and bulking up, with the idea being that he’s eventually going to chisel it down and he’ll be this big, massive, muscular beast.
ROB McELHENNEY: When David was created, you had to first get a slab of marble, and then you chisel it down.
HOWERTON: So, you’ll see the big, fat, marble slab without it ever having been chiseled down.
McELHENNEY: I’ve actually lost about five pounds, since I put it on. I’m trying not to.
What’s been the method for you to gain all of this weight?
McELHENNEY: I was eating 5,000 calories a day, which is a lot. Every day, I drink a huge shake with Weight Gainer and ice cream, and I eat donuts.
DeVITO: We send him a lot of cake.
What was the reason for this?
McELHENNEY: I was watching a very popular sitcom and noticing about how the characters were getting better looking, as the seasons progressed. And, I have never seen a sitcom in which the actors progressively got worse looking, which is, I think, truer to life, especially the lives that these characters lead. And, a character that’s always talking about putting on mass and all he does is eat **** and drink beer would eventually look like this. I thought that would be an interesting experiment, and it seems to be working out.
If it’s funnier, are you going to keep going into the next season?
McELHENNEY: **** no! I can’t. My liver wouldn’t be able to take it.
DAY: Which is too bad because it’s definitely funnier.
HOWERTON: When Rob first moved out to L.A., he probably weighed 135 pounds or 140 pounds. Now, he weighs 205.
OLSON: When we started dating, I was like, “I really like this guy, but he’s very skinny.” Not anymore! He proved me wrong.
DAY: It will be interesting to see if he can return from the abyss.
OLSON: He thinks it will drop off.
McELHENNEY: I think it’s going to fall right off.
HOWERTON: The first 20 pounds will.
When does the experiment stop?
McELHENNEY: When we’re done shooting, so in two weeks.
What are you going to miss most?
McELHENNEY: Just the gluttony of not having to think about it, and eating whatever I want.
DeVITO: He’s always got something in his hand. He’s always eating. It’s really ridiculous. You turn around and he’s got a cupcake. You turn around and he’s got a burrito.
McELHENNEY: Even now, I’m sucking on sugar, just to keep my blood sugar up. It’s a full-time commitment.
OLSON: Not to mention the longer beard and the hair, and the whole thing.
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