Jonah Hill Slims Down for "21 Jump Street"


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Actor and comedian Jonah Hill is bringing 21 Jump Street to the big screen. But before he can do that, he felt the need to drop a few pounds.

Perhaps following in the footsteps of fellow actor/comedian Seth Rogen who recently dropped weight for his movie The Green Hornet, Hill has looked much lighter in recent pictures.

His initial goal was to lose 30 pounds before production began on 21 Jump Street, and it looks like he has succeeded.

Hill wrote the script for the film himself, based upon the 1980s TV show starring Johnny Depp. “It’s an entirely new imagination of what 21 Jump Street is. We’re not doing a spoof whatsoever. It will be crazy characters that are in very unreal circumstances sometimes.” Depp has even expressed interest in appearing in the film.

Some worry that Hill’s weight loss will affect his funny guy image, that he will no longer be considered the “fat, funny guy” and he will have to find something else to set himself apart. That does not seem to be the case for Rogen or Ricky Gervais, who has also shed a few pounds.

Hill currently has about 262 movies in production according to E! Online. He is certainly a busy man!

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