Charlize Theron reveals struggle with depression after gaining 22 kilos
<p>Transforming herself for a role is something Charlize Theron doesn’t shy away from.</p>
<p>The actress underwent a major transformation for her role in 2003’s <em>Monster</em>, which earned her an Oscar for Best Actress.</p>
<p>Now, the 42-year-old star has undergone the process all over again to nail her role in new film, <em>Tully</em>, this time gaining a hefty amount of weight – a total of 22 kilos.</p>
<p>However, this time around, Theron admits it did take a toll on her mental health.</p>
<p>“You know, it was a huge surprise to me. I got hit in the face pretty hard with depression,” Theron revealed to <a href="http://www.etonline.com/charlize-theron-reveals-very-long-journey-to-lose-50-pounds-packed-on-for-tully-exclusive-100564">Entertainment Tonight</a>, while promoting <em>Tully</em>.</p>
<p>The mum-of-two blamed her high-calorie junk food diet whilst transforming into the lead character as the reason behind her terrible mood, admitting, “I was not that fun to be around on this film.”</p>
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<p>The South African born star added, “For the first time in my life, I was eating so much processed food and I drank way too much sugar.”</p>
<p>Theron also admitted that the novelty of eating fast food wore off pretty quickly.</p>
<p>“The first three weeks are always fun because you’re just like a kid in a candy store. So it was fun to go and have breakfast at In-N-Out and have two milkshakes,” the actress revealed.</p>
<p>“And then after three weeks, it’s not fun anymore. Like, all of a sudden you’re just done eating that amount and then it becomes a job.”</p>
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<p>The method actress says it was a challenge keeping the weight on.</p>
<p>“I would literally wake up at two in the morning and I’d have a cup of cold macaroni and cheese just next to me,” Theron said.</p>
<p>“I would wake up and I would just eat it… I would just, like, shove it in my throat. It’s hard to maintain that weight.”</p>
<p>In the lead role of Tully, Theron plays an exhausted mother-of-three.</p>
<p>“I wanted to feel what this woman felt, and I think that was a way for me to get closer to her and get into that mindset,” the actress said.</p>
