Scope out these new Purple Magazine pictures of Jared Leto and the wild weight transformation he underwent for his upcoming film Chapter 27 about the 1980 murder of John Lennon. Here’s a little blurb from Purple:

Two photo shoots: first one, superstar actor-musician Jared Leto ballooned up big time to play Mark David Chapman, Lennon’s assassin, for the film Chapter 27; second shoot, six months later, deflated back to his sexy old self, by Terry Richardson

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BLOG STATUS :: Thank you to all you lovely readers for your patience. I’m so sorry for the state that my blog is in. It’s quite unacceptable. Basically all of the galleries have been stripped down and posting has been infrequent in order to keep up a semi-working site. We’re currently in the process of moving to a much better (and more stable) blogging platform. So, stay tuned! (:

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