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"Anne Hathaway is on a depravation diet.\r\nReportedly ordered to drop 16 lbs. in three weeks for her role as Fantine in the upcoming film adaptation of the musical Les Miserables, the 5-foot-8 actress, 29, is subsisting on a meager 500 calories per day (versus the recommended 2,000), according to the U.K. Daily Mirror.\r\n\r\nWhile Hathaway, who portrays a prostitute stricken with a terminal case of tuberculosis, is losing weight for the role, her publicist explains that the specifics aren&amp;apos;t quite accurate. &amp;quot;The numbers are exaggerated in both pounds and calories,&amp;quot; her rep argues.\r\n\r\nIn addition to her strict diet, Hathaway had to endure grueling workout sessions stateside before jetting off to London where she&amp;apos;s currently filming the flick.\r\n&amp;quot;Anne was exercising two hours a day, five days a week!&amp;quot; a source close to the star explains.\r\n\r\nLes Mis isn&amp;apos;t the first role that&amp;apos;s forced Hathaway to whittle her middle. For her role as Catwoman in this summer&amp;apos;s The Dark Knight Rises, the actress has said she lived on &amp;quot;kale and dust.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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