Charles Melton had to de-hunk, gained 40 lbs. for his role in May December, remained really hot
'Riverdale' star Charles Melton was just too hunky to play a sad suburban dad in 'May December,' so he gained 40 pounds. https://t.co/KFWqdEnq0r
- Entertainment Weekly (@EW) September 30, 2023
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Todd Haynes thought Melton was almost too hot to play a frustrated suburban dad in 'May December'
"I'm so grateful Charles Melton came into our consciousness. I didn't know him from Riverdale. His looks were almost a deterrent."
"I felt that Joe would be a good-looking man, but Charles has that sort of hunkiness and pinup quality that wasn't necessarily how I pictured him."
"He gained 35, 40 pounds for the role to change his chiseled self into something more familiar: a suburban man in this place. There's such remarkable physicality in the choices he made as an actor. A friend of mine saw a cut of it, and he said, 'Charles moves like a child and an old man, a combination of the two' - which makes so much sense given his predicament."