Colin Farrell had to Gain Weight for True Detective

By Reuben Levine | Mar 31, 2015

We’re still surprisingly in the dark on True Detective even if we’ve had a large amount of leaked photos from the set. Vince Vaughn has been the True Detective actor most in the spotlight so far, but that’s just because he has had a film release during production the series. There are a few Vince Vaughn interviews out there now, but not much True Detective substance in any of them.

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This Colin Farrell interview with UK’s Glamour Magazine isn’t really different, but it does give some small insight into Colin Farrell’s experience filming True Detective. In the past Colin Farrell expressed his prior fear that returning to television might end his career.

In this newest interview Farrell said that he had to gain weight for the role. We’re going to have to take his word for it since it hasn’t been all that obvious in the leaked photos that we’ve seen.

But apparently gaining that weight was a bit of a chore:

"“People think it must be fun to eat what you want – and it is, for the first day. Day two, when you’re already on your second cheeseburger and fries with a chocolate shake by 11am, not so much”."

That does jive with the usual actor experience of having to gain weight for a role. At this point it should practically go without saying, but Colin Farrell did not divulge any juicy True Detective details such as premiere date or behind the scenes goings-on. Much like the porn stars hired for the orgy scene it’s likely that he’s also under an NDA.

In other fun Colin Farrell news, he also stated that when he googles himself he “…always come away with the feeling that I’m an absolute piece of shit.” So there’s that.

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