They Didn’t Know Who He Was
Suplee started biking which helped him shrink down to 220 pounds. “I actually did get properly thin at one point – I was nine percent body fat,” he said. “But I was also riding a bicycle six to eight hours a day, six days.” But when he auditioned for a role, the producers told him, “We don’t know who you are, you’re not what we were enjoying before.” Then his wife gave him the ultimate wake-up call.