Bill Hader Reveals He Gained 25 Pounds While Working on 'Barry' Final Season

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Bill Hader is opening up about working on the fourth and final season of Barry, which aired earlier this year.

In an interview conducted before the SAG-AFTRA strike began, the 45-year-old Emmy-winning actor learned that he “can’t eat sweets” as much as he used to, and ended up gaining 25 pounds while working on the final season of the hit Max series. Keep reading to find out more… “To know that I’ve grown as a filmmaker is really rewarding,” Bill shared with The Hollywood Reporter. “But I also know that I’m 45 and I put on weight way faster than I used to.

That’s what I really learned, that I’m suddenly 25 pounds overweight. How the hell’d that happen?” Bill recalled that one of the costume designers on Barry told him to wear “bigger clothes” because of his weight gain. “I think it was toward the end of the season that the costume designer was like, ‘I think you need to wear bigger clothes.

You’re wearing a large, and, well…’ ” Bill recalled with a laugh. “We’ve got to go up a size, or three. Great!” In an interview with Access Hollywood back in April, Bill admitted that he was “stress eating” during filming. “I don’t train at all.