BRAVEHEART star Mel Gibson says he is now so porky he was told to stop eating to play Santa Claus. The Oscar-winner — once famed for his tough guy roles — was preparing to gorge on grub for his latest movie, Fatman.
But sibling filmmakers Eshom and Ian Nelms told him he was already the ideal shape to play an overweight Father Christmas. Mel, 64, confessed: “I am reasonably porky. “I said to the boys, ‘Hey should I eat more ice cream and cookies?’. “But they said, ‘No you are perfect.
Leave it like that. “Just because we call it Fatman does not mean you have to be obese’.” Aussie Mel was named People magazine’s first Sexiest Man in 1985.
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