Matthew McConaughey's Stunning Weight Loss

Matthew's Extreme New Role

By ANTOINETTE BUENO

Matthew McConaughey is gearing up to play a man with HIV in the upcoming film The Dallas Buyer's Club, and he recently showed just how committed he is to the new role, looking uncomfortably lean on the set of his current film The Wolf of Wall Street.

In the new pics taken on Monday in NYC, McConaughey's usual super-buff bod is nowhere to be found, instead replaced with a shockingly slim physique.

"I just kind of dared myself. I haven't been this light since I was in the ninth grade," he recently told Larry King about having to lose 30 pounds for the role. "I'm kind of looking at it as a bit of a spiritual cleanse, mental cleanse. I'm drinking a lot of tea."

"I should not look healthy by the time I'm doing that film," he added.

... Do I smell an Oscar in the works?