Bill Hader Says He Gained 25 Pounds Filming The Final Season Of ‘Barry’

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Bill Hader is getting real about gaining weight. In a July interview with The Hollywood Reporter, the actor and funnyman revealed that he put on 25 pounds while filming the final season of his hit HBO series, “Barry”. “To know that I’ve grown as a filmmaker is really rewarding,” Hader said when asked what he’s learned about himself over the course of the show’s four seasons.

Outside of the show, one of the biggest things Hader said he learned, was that he puts on weight much faster than he did at the show’s start. “But I also know that I’m 45 and I put on weight way faster than I used to.

That’s what I really learned, that I’m suddenly 25 pounds overweight,” he quipped. “How the hell’d that happen? I’ve learned I can’t eat sweets the way I used to.” Hader continued, reflecting on his final season weight gain, “I think it was toward the end of the season that the costume designer was like, ‘I think you need to wear bigger clothes.

You’re wearing a large, and, well … We’ve got to go up a size, or three.’ Great!” Hader previously spoke about gaining weight while making “Barry” in an April conversation with Access Hollywood, telling the outlet he was “stress eating” during filming. “I don’t train at all.