Game of Thrones
2011
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Now, the next frontier: getting fat. Series co-creator Rob McElhenney, who stars as the self-absorbed, very vain Mac on the show, gained 50 pounds for the upcoming season, creating a juicy storyline which sees his character try to deal with the sudden onset of obesity.
Rob McElhenney, star of FX’s “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” is thriving on the awkwardness he created by increasing his body mass by nearly a third – just because he thought it would be...
In season 7 of the show, Mac gains a lot of weight. But by the next season, he is extremely slim and toned, becoming increasingly more muscular as the series progresses. So how exactly did Rob McElhenney gain and lose 60 lbs for the show? Keep reading to find out. 10 Gaining Weight For The Show Took 3 Months
Rob, 46, known for his role of Mac in the hit sitcom It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, gained 60 pounds over the course of seven months because the writers thought a fat Mac would be funny.
"Fat Mac" was a bold and surprising transformation for Rob McElhenney's character in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. McElhenney gained 60 pounds in three months by following an unconventional diet of Big Macs, ice cream soup, wine, and cottage cheese.
About eight years ago he famously gained 50 pounds for the sake of comedy: he just thought it’d be funny if his uber vain character, Mac, had to deal with obesity. (His excuse, “ I’m cultivating...
McElhenney decided to write an arc where Mac believed he'd "gained mass" and now looked truly intimidating but, ever in denial, he'd merely put on an unhealthy amount of weight.
