Mark Wahlberg sheds 60 lbs. for new flick

Mark Wahlberg said Transformers director Michael Bay freaked out after the actor shed 60 pounds to play a down-on-his-luck college professor in his new movie, The Gambler.

Wahlberg began downsizing his famously muscular physique by jumping rope and sticking to a liquid diet as Transformers: Age of Extinction wrapped last year. He then shot The Gambler, set to open in theaters Dec. 19.

Transformers producers called for additional shooting after The Gambler wrapped, and Wahlberg wasnt exactly welcomed with open arms when he attended Bays housewarming party earlier this year.

He goes, You look like crap! What are you going to do? Weve got to shoot in five weeks,' Wahlberg said in an interview before his new films AFI Fest premiere Monday night.

I probably put on 40 pounds back. But it still wasnt enough for him. He said, Aw, Ive got to shoot you like this to make you look cool again,' the 43-year-old actor said. Hes a perfectionist. He was more upset than my wife (Rhea Durham). I mean, my wife was a little freaked out that I was losing this much weight, but he was really freaked out.

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Mark Wahlberg sheds 60 lbs. for new flick