Jason Segel Was Forced to Diet for 'The Five-Year Engagement'
By: Rosemina Nazarali
Published: April 24, 2012

Jason Segel paid a visit to the Late Show with David Letterman to promote his latest flick, The Five-Year Engagement. The actor admitted the directors of the movie forced him to diet before filming started because they didn't believe a guy like Segel could get a girl like his co-star, Emily Blunt. 
"I had to lose a good 35 pounds," Segel said. "I didn't enjoy it but they sent a trainer to set and I had to work out twice a day and he would also watch me eat all day." 
But Segel still managed to find a way to defy his strict diet requirements.
"What they didn't anticipate is that I'm very clever and I play a chef in the movie, so there was a lot of scenes in which I had to eat," he said. "So I paid my co-stars phenomenal amounts of money to mess up their lines during the scenes and I'd get to keep eating!"