Mel Gibson has said he has been told to "stop eating" after he "put on so much weight" ahead of his new movie role as Santa Claus.The Oscar winning actor, who rose to fame playing tough guy roles in his earlier films, has been eating as much as he can ahead of his leading role in his latest film, Fatman.However, Eshom and Ian Nelms, who are sibling filmmakers behind the movie Fatman, have told Mel he is already the ideal weight to play Santa.Speaking to The Sun, the 64-year-old, who was once People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive in 1985, described himself these days as "reasonably porky".He told the publication: "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.
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