{"id":480797,"date":"2025-10-07T16:41:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T16:41:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/480797\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T16:41:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T16:41:23","slug":"slimmed-down-hollywood-a-lister-is-completely-unrecognizable-as-he-shows-off-dramatic-weight-loss-on-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/480797\/","title":{"rendered":"Slimmed-down Hollywood A-lister is completely unrecognizable as he shows off dramatic weight loss on set"},"content":{"rendered":"

A slim, shaggy-haired figure turned heads on set in Los Angeles<\/a>\u00a0this week as\u00a0he prepared to shoot scenes alongside Kristen Wiig in a highly anticipated film.<\/p>\n

And it wasn\u2019t until he removed his sunglasses that the mystery man – who has lost a dramatic amount of weight – was revealed.<\/p>\n

For it was\u00a0Jonah Hill<\/a>, 41, who was seen cutting a much slimmer figure while filming an upcoming comedy movie.<\/p>\n

The star, best known for his roles in Superbad and 21 Jump Street, looked almost unrecognizable as he stepped out in character wearing a tight leopard-print top that accentuated his noticeably slimmer frame.<\/p>\n

He also wore a pair of\u00a0jeans<\/a> adorned with long black fringe and a shaggy blond wig reminiscent of Brad Pitt<\/a>\u2019s 1997 Legends of the Fall era.<\/p>\n

He completed the quirky ensemble with tinted glasses, a beard, and a silver belt chain as he reviewed his script between takes.<\/p>\n

The Wolf of Wall Street star\u2019s transformation stunned fans and marked yet another reinvention for the Oscar-nominated performer, who has been open in the past about his fitness and wellness journey.<\/p>\n

Wiig, 52, was equally eye-catching in costume, sporting red lace tights, a pink mini-skirt, a turquoise bra layered over a lilac top and a velvet bathrobe as the pair filmed outside their trailers.<\/p>\n

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A slim, shaggy-haired figure turned heads on set in Los Angeles this week as he prepared to shoot scenes alongside Kristen Wiig in their highly anticipated film<\/p>\n

Between scenes, the longtime friends were seen laughing and chatting on set, offering the first glimpse at the eccentric world Hill has created for his film Cut Off, which he wrote and is currently directing.<\/p>\n

It is first major directing project since Mid90s, reuniting him with Wiig for a new offbeat comedy.<\/p>\n

Cut Off is currently in production and scheduled to be released on July 17, 2026.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In the film, Wiig and Hill play a pair of entitled siblings whose wealthy parents stop supporting financially.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2023 Hill, who suffers from anxiety attacks, openly discussed his fluctuating weight with his therapist Phil Stutz for his second feature directorial effort, the Netflix documentary Stutz.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘When I was a kid, exercise and diet was framed to me as like, “There’s something wrong with how you look,”‘ the Winning Time director recalled.<\/p>\n

‘But never once was exercise and diet propositioned to me in terms of mental health. I just wish that was presented to people differently.’<\/p>\n

Hill admitted growing up overweight ‘intensely f***ed me up,’ and inside he still feels like ‘a 14-year-old boy who’s very overweight and has acne and feels very undesirable to the world.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"It <\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t until he removed his sunglasses that the mystery man was revealed to be Jonah Hill, 40, who looked dramatically different while filming his upcoming comedy Cut Off, which he also wrote and is directing<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The star looked almost unrecognizable as he stepped out in character wearing a tight leopard-print top that accentuated his noticeably slimmer frame<\/p>\n

\"In <\/p>\n

In addition to writing and directing, Hill stars in the film, his first major directing project since Mid90s, reuniting him with Wiig for a new offbeat comedy that\u2019s already generating major buzz<\/p>\n

\"Wiig, <\/p>\n

Wiig, 52, was equally eye-catching in costume, sporting red lace tights, a pink mini-skirt, a turquoise bra layered over a lilac top and a velvet bathrobe as the pair filmed outside their trailers<\/p>\n

‘\u200b\u200bInherently, at my core, I’m still this unlovable person,’ Hill explained.<\/p>\n

‘But the work is inching toward [realizing] that it’s great to be this person. But that’s still very hard.’<\/p>\n

Hill first publicly slimmed down in 2011 after hiring a nutritionist and a fitness trainer on the advice of his 21 Jump Street co-star Channing Tatum, which he mentioned on The Tonight Show in 2016.<\/p>\n

Hill’s weight went up to 270lbs in 2014, but by 2017, he had shed weight.<\/p>\n

In 2022, he revealed in a statement to Deadline that he would not be promoting the film, or any of his upcoming movies after realizing that public appearances were ‘exacerbating’ his mental health issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘The whole purpose of making this film is to give therapy and the tools I\u2019ve learned in therapy to a wide audience for private use through an entertaining film,’ he explained.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"In <\/p>\n

In this upcoming comedy, Wiig and Hill play a pair of entitled siblings, whose wealthy parents stop supporting financially<\/p>\n

\"Between <\/p>\n

Between scenes, the longtime friends were seen laughing and chatting on set, offering the first glimpse at the eccentric world Hill has created for Cut Off<\/p>\n

\"In <\/p>\n

In 2023, Hill, who suffers from anxiety attacks, openly discussed his fluctuating weight with his therapist Phil Stutz for his second feature directorial effort, the Netflix documentary Stutz<\/p>\n

‘Through this journey of self-discovery within the film, I have come to the understanding that I have spent nearly 20 years experiencing anxiety attacks, which are exacerbated by media appearances and public facing events.<\/p>\n

‘I can\u2019t wait to share it with audiences around the world in the hope that it will help those struggling, however, you won\u2019t see me out there promoting this film, or any of my upcoming films, while I take this important step to protect myself.<\/p>\n

‘If I made myself sicker by going out there and promoting it, I wouldn\u2019t be acting true to myself or to the film.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The actor, who has appeared in dozens of movies over the past 18 years, made it clear, however, that he is not retiring from acting permanently.<\/p>\n

He ended his statement by sharing his hope that his documentary will help to ‘make it normal for people to talk and act on’ their mental health struggles.<\/p>\n

He added: ‘With this letter and with Stutz, I\u2019m hoping to make it more normal for people to talk and act on this stuff, so they can take steps towards feeling better and so that the people in their lives might understand their issues more clearly.’<\/p>\n

\"The \"Pictured <\/p>\n

Jonah first publicly slimmed down in 2011 after hiring a nutritionist and a fitness trainer on the advice of his 21 Jump Street co-star Channing Tatum<\/p>\n

Back in 2021, Hill spoke up about body positivity and struggling with his body image over the years.<\/p>\n

‘I don\u2019t think I ever took my shirt off in a pool until I was in my mid 30s even in front of family and friends,’ he wrote on Instagram. ‘Probably would have happened sooner if my childhood insecurities weren\u2019t exacerbated by years of public mockery about my body by press and interviewers.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

He continued: ‘I\u2019m 37 and finally love and accept myself.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

The star went on to say his message was for ‘the kids who don\u2019t take their shirt off at the pool.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

‘Have fun. You\u2019re wonderful and awesome and perfect. All my love,’ he concluded.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A slim, shaggy-haired figure turned heads on set in Los Angeles\u00a0this week as\u00a0he prepared to shoot scenes alongside…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":480798,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[92,77,42737,556,813,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-480797","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-jonah-hill","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-tvshowbiz","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115333883317355357","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/480798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}