Orlando Bloom’s The Cut diet triggered ‘paranoia and anxiety’

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Orlando Bloom suffered “paranoia and anxiety ” due to his strict diet for The Cut. The 48-yearold actor was “excited by the challenge” of transforming his physique to play a boxer in the upcoming thriller but he wasn’t ready for the “mental toll” his extreme diet took, including a struggle to sleep and being consumed by “obsessive thoughts” about food.

He told People magazine: “What I hadn’t expected and was surprised by was the mental toll that this kind of intense discipline takes.

“The paranoia and anxiety were very real and disturbing, caused by the lack of sleep — turns out you can’t sleep when you’re hungry!

“The water restriction to get to my lowest weight for the final scenes led to obsessive thoughts of food, dreaming of what I could eat when finally off a diet of tuna and cucumber.”

The 48-year-old star warned the lengths he went to in order to be in the best shape possible was “definitely not something to try at home.”

He added: “I was supervised weekly and my blood work monitored by an expert nutritionist, Phillip Goglia, who helped me lose 30 pounds in approximately three months.