'Riverdale' star Charles Melton was just too hunky to play a sad suburban dad in 'May December,' so he gained 40 pounds.
's character, television actress Elizabeth Berry, comes to town to shadow Gracie for a film project, ironically bringing to light a lot of old issues.
"I felt that Joe would be a good-looking man," Haynes explained, "but Charles has that sort of hunkiness and pinup quality that wasn't necessarily how I pictured him."production, pin-up hunk was not on the menu. While Melton did gain some sad-dad weight, Haynes was ultimately impressed by the 32-year-old's dedication to the role.
"He gained 35, 40 pounds for the role to change his chiseled self into something more familiar: a suburban man in this place," Haynes recalled. "There's such remarkable physicality in the choices he made as an actor. A friend of mine saw a cut of it, and he said, 'Charles moves like a child and an old man, a combination of the two' — which makes so much sense given his predicament.
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