Hey before you freak out know that he’s doing this for a movie – but that doesn’t mean that he didn’t have fun – or that there weren’t consequences.

The upside of beer and burgers is that they often taste great but the downside is that they can lead to significant weight gain when enjoyed multiple times a day.

But that was reportedly what actor Matthew McConaughey intended, when he committed to a regular regiment of pints and burgers to help him gain the weight he needed to prepare him for his latest film Gold.

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And given that Gold was principally filmed in New York City (Brooklyn Brewery!), New Mexico (La Cumbre and Santa Fe Brewing) and Thailand (Mikkeller Bangkok) – we’re pretty sure that McConaughey had a field day packing on the 47 pounds necessary to assume the persona of Kenny Wells, a Texas businessman who partners with a geologist to mine for gold in the jungles of Indonesia.

But the hair….we can’t joke about that. We’re concerned about the hair.