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"Clay-drinking Kravitz! Zoe Kravitz opened up to Us Weekly at The Road Within premiere in L.A., on Wednesday, June 18, about playing an anorexic and bulimic character in the film.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ve struggled with it myself in the past,&amp;quot; Kravitz, 25, told Us of eating disorders. &amp;quot;I think all young women do. There are a bunch of images that are thrown in our faces all the time about what we&amp;apos;re supposed to look like at 14, 15, 16. It&amp;apos;s confusing. I think every woman can identify with that struggle.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nTo prepare for her role as Marie, the already-thin actress lost an additional 20 pounds. &amp;quot;I did a cleanse,&amp;quot; she told Us. &amp;quot;I tried to do it the healthiest way as possible, even though it&amp;apos;s not healthy to do.&amp;quot; How did she accomplish that?\r\n&amp;quot;I ended up drinking clay,&amp;quot; the Divergent star shared, &amp;quot;because it cleans out your body and fills you up. I was eating like a Mason jar of pureed vegetables a day and running.&amp;quot; (Clay-based drinks comprised of bentonite clay are believed to help purify the body; stars like Shailene Woodley consume it regularly.)\r\n\r\nThough Kravitz dropped the pounds quickly from dirt consumption, the actress described the process as &amp;quot;awful&amp;quot; and that she would &amp;quot;never encourage anyone&amp;quot; to follow in her footsteps. &amp;quot;I was a space cadet,&amp;quot; she said.\r\n\r\nIn mentally preparing for her role, Lenny Kravitz&amp;apos;s daughter told Us she &amp;quot;did a lot of research&amp;quot; on anorexic online support communities. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s very scary,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;There are pro-anorexic websites called &amp;apos;pro-ana&amp;apos; sites, where [these people] talk   to each other and support each other.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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