"I said to the creators [of Parks and Recreation] that I wanted to get fatter for the role. They loved it. I announced it to the whole cast, and then it became a bit of a game: how fat can I get and how fast can I get that fat. I thought, 'Oh my God, I'm getting fat. And then almost immediately I did something else and I thought, 'Holy crap, I've never seen myself funnier.' And I put the two together. [Wife Anna Faris and I] were drinking a lot of wine and having fun. I was her little Hansel out in the woods and she was fattening me up to put me in the fire. It was like Momma Bear and Papa Bear. I was impotent, fatigued, emotionally depressed. I had real health issues that were affecting me in a major way. It's bad for your heart, your skin, your system, your spirit."
Pratt decided to shed the weight for good (at his peak he was 300 pounds) after seeing a screening of his film Zero Dark Thirty:
"…Right after walking out I was like: 'I'm going to get in shape and I'm never going to be fat again."
Read the full interview at Men's Health UK.
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