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\n Related: <\/span>Actor Neal McDonough Reveals 32-Lb Weight Loss Prepping for New Films<\/span><\/a>
\n\t\t<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n\t\t\tNeal McDonough is opening up about how he dropped 32 lbs. for his recent movie roles. In The Last Rodeo, a faith-based film about a 50-year-old man returning to the sport of bull riding, which was released in May, the actor plays the main character, Joe Wainwright. \u201cIf I\u2019m gonna be that Clint Eastwood type [\u2026]\t\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\u201cI\u2019m not really across the science, but the real benefit I\u2019m getting from these into my shoulders, my knees, and also IVs, is that it\u2019s calmed down my body\u2019s inflammation,\u201d he explained. \u201dI think we talked before about just how many old injuries I carry, and how the injuries in my shoulders are deeply arthritic.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crowe continued, \u201cBut we can now see in an ultrasound that a year ago I had big thick bands of arthritis, and now it\u2019s lessened by about 70 percent. On one area in my right shoulder, probably by about 90 percent. It\u2019s all going good, and I\u2019m just feeling the musculature starting to build and everything.\u201d<\/p>\n
Additionally, Crowe said he has cut back on his alcohol intake.<\/p>\n\n![\"gettyImages-2243135195-russell-crowe-britney-theriot\"](\"https:\/\/www.usmagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/gettyImages-2243135195-russell-crowe-britney-theriot.jpg?w=1000&quality=86&strip=all\")
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\n Russell Crowe, Britney Theriot<\/span> Michael Kovac\/Getty Images for AFI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\u201cI\u2019m a big proponent for having a drink \u2014 it\u2019s my cultural heritage and as a working class man, it\u2019s my goddamn right, Joe,\u201d he said. \u201cBut as you get older, there are certain things you start to learn about your capacities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crowe said he\u2019s much more mindful of what he drinks now.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I decide to have a glass of wine with dinner, it\u2019s going to be a really nice wine,\u201d he continued. \u201cI try not to have casual drinks, now. [As in] having a drink for the sake of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crowe told Rogan that he\u2019s taking his weight loss \u201creally slowly\u201d because he knows he will get burnt out if he overdoes it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was one of the things I was worried about with [working on the upcoming remake of 1986\u2019s Highlander<\/em>], because jumping into that role with the shoot date coming, I was thinking that I\u2019ve got to do three workouts a day,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s a bad recipe for me because I can do that for X amount of time, but once I stop, I\u2019m going to stop completely.\u201d<\/p>\nFor now, he hopes to make his progress \u201clong-term\u201d with help from the injections.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\n Russell Crowe, Britney Theriot<\/span> Michael Kovac\/Getty Images for AFI<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\u201cI\u2019m a big proponent for having a drink \u2014 it\u2019s my cultural heritage and as a working class man, it\u2019s my goddamn right, Joe,\u201d he said. \u201cBut as you get older, there are certain things you start to learn about your capacities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crowe said he\u2019s much more mindful of what he drinks now.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I decide to have a glass of wine with dinner, it\u2019s going to be a really nice wine,\u201d he continued. \u201cI try not to have casual drinks, now. [As in] having a drink for the sake of it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Crowe told Rogan that he\u2019s taking his weight loss \u201creally slowly\u201d because he knows he will get burnt out if he overdoes it.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat was one of the things I was worried about with [working on the upcoming remake of 1986\u2019s Highlander<\/em>], because jumping into that role with the shoot date coming, I was thinking that I\u2019ve got to do three workouts a day,\u201d he said. \u201cThat\u2019s a bad recipe for me because I can do that for X amount of time, but once I stop, I\u2019m going to stop completely.\u201d<\/p>\n For now, he hopes to make his progress \u201clong-term\u201d with help from the injections.<\/p>\n
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