Washington,
(ANI):
Anne
Hathaway
says
that
she
would
be
happy
to
pile
on
the
pounds
for
a
role.
The
28-year-old
beauty
plays
young
Parkinson's
Disease
sufferer
Maggie
Murdock
in
Love
and
Other
Drugs.
The
actress
did
lose
weight
for
her
part
because
she
heard
the
effects
of
the
medication
causes
people
to,
but
would
have
bulked
up
if
the
role
had
called
for
it.
"When
it
came
to
decide
how
the
character
would
look,
I
did
a
lot
of
research
into
the
side-effects
Parkinson's
medication
would
have
on
the
human
body
and
I
actually
found
that
in
the
majority
of
the
cases
it
would
cause
people
to
lose
weight,
so
that
was
kind
of
the
jumping
off
point
for
how
she
would
look
in
the
film.
But
it
wasn't
resting
on
that
-
had
the
medication
caused
people
to
gain
weight,
I
would
have
gained
weight
and
still
done
the
nudity," Contactmusic
quoted
her
as
telling
BANG
Showbiz.
The
Oscar-nominated
star
believes
nudity
was
an
essential
part
of
the
film
because
it
helped
her
and
co-star
Jake
Gyllenhaal
explore
"intimacy".
She
added:
"I
thought
the
nudity
was
an
essential
part
of
the
story
and
the
intimacy
Jake
and
I
can
feel
together
and
how
the
relationship
shifts
from
sex
into
love.
I
think
the
film
is
a
really
wonderful
exploration
of
intimacy
in
a
relationship."