close Video Stars of ‘Black Bird’ on true-story thriller and working with Ray Liotta in his final TV role Taron Egerton and Paul Walter Hauser discuss an Apple TV+ psychological thriller about a convicted drug dealer, and Egerton and series creator Dennis Lehane discuss working with Ray Liotta. Actor Paul Walter Hauser is aware his weight has factored into the roles he's played on television and the big screen. "I lost 40 pounds to do the role in ‘ Black Bird,’" Hauser told People magazine of his Emmy-winning work on the acclaimed 2022 miniseries.
"I put some of that weight back on, and now I'm bringing it back down. Slowly but surely, I'm going to be chipping away at that." Hauser, who is also furthering his professional wrestling career, is looking to drop to 256 pounds.
"That's kind of a nice fighting weight for me, for my size and the things I get cast in," he said. CLINT EASTWOOD'S 'RICHARD JEWELL' EXPLORES FBI, MEDIA WRONGDOING AFTER 1996 OLYMPIC BOMBING Paul Walter Hauser says he's looking to move away from playing overweight roles. (Matt Winkelmeyer/GA/The Hollywood Reporter via Getty Images) But the 37-year-old actor admitted the roles he's been offered — often overweight characters — are the roles he's ready to get away from.
"I've played every type of chubby, misguided person. I don't need to play 900 more," he told the outlet. Up to this point, Hauser has played some lovable and not so lovable characters.
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