The former star child says that the comments of the body "killed his confidence"
Robert Capron played in Diary of A Wimpy Kid 12 years ago.
Putting in a successful film is an exciting moment for ayoung actor, but that's what comes then that could be more difficult to manage.Robert Capron, who was inDiary of a Wimpy child In 2010, knows this. The former child artist played "Wimpy Kid" Greg (Zachary Gordon) The best friend, Rowley Jefferson, and obviously loved the experience. It was only when criticism of the film began to release that he noticed all the references that the criticisms made on his weight. This led him to be typical, which harmed his career, his self -confidence, and ultimately, his health.
These days, Capron still acts, but it was not an easy road, as he explained in aNew interview withThe New Yorker. Read the rest to discover what happened to the 23 -year -old man after hisDiary of a Wimpy child live.
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Capron discovered that he was called "fat" in criticism.
InDiary of a Wimpy child, Rowley Jefferson is called names - including "Baby Hippo" - but the character is confident, so he does not let the teasing go to him.
As Capron explained toThe New Yorker, he never came to mind that his own weight would be a subject of conversation until he saw that happening in the criticism of the film.
"Each criticism specifies that I am big:" chubby "," overweight "," facing the moon "-" cherubic ", if we get a little artistic with that," he explained. " Registered that the comments are bizarre. But I go to hot air balloons. I travel through America. I am in a film that my whole sixth year class takes place on a trip to the field to see. There is so much good things. I can hardly think about it. ""
Capron added that his weight had "seemed to be a family conversation" before that. "I have not correlated it with external perception and I never remember anyonecall Me big, "he said.
He treated with typing.
AfterDiary of a Wimpy child, Capron continued to audition for more roles but found that it was put for pieces where the attitude was "are you fat?perfect."One of these parts was going to be a main role in a film about a teenager who is inspired to lose weight. Capron saidThe New YorkerHe felt relieved when the film did not reach production.
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This body control had an impact on his health.
Capron said that a projection of the thirdDiary of a Wimpy child The film, released in 2012, was a turning point for him. He realized that the public laughed before the jokes during a scene that presented him shirtless in a swimming pool. "Oh, my God - they laugh because my man -boobs are soaking," recalls Capron. “At that time, the truth of my life has become that being big is a very bad thing.
theNew Yorker The interview explains that two years later, Capron ate only 500 calories per day and had lost 80 pounds in just a few months. He ended up having to work with a nutritionist in order to recover from his diet.
He lost his confidence.
Losing weight did not help Capron's career. "Hollywood couldn't bite me," he said. With hindsight, he sees that he went from an insured child who wanted to act to an adult without confidence in himself.
"I have never stopped feeling examined," he said. "It killed my confidence. I entered by acting completely without status.
But it still acts today.
Capron's career has not taken off in the way he hoped, but he is still an actor who works today. He was in the 2013 movieThe way the way back And the 2017 filmKing Polka. From 2014 to 2018, he played a recurring role in the seriesElementary.AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB
And he is happy to have had the opportunity to talk about the celebrity of children for him. InA post on his Instagram aboutNew Yorker Article, he wrote in part: "I am grateful that, for the first time perhaps never, I can express myself in a shamelessly, beautifully full way. I do not know if it resonates with someone, But if this is the case, please reach out. I would like to have a voice on this subject earlier. And I think my two hundred about this are a fraction of a much wider conversation than I dare Not pretending to have a complete answer. "
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