He reportedly went on a diet after all the catering he took advantage of during the filming of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and has also had laser eye surgery recently so he wouldn't need to wear glasses anymore. -G
That has to be gastric bypass surgery. You don't lose that much weight that quickly through diet and exercise.
While I'm all in favor of a healthy diet and exercise, if the end result is that you'll look like Salman Rushdie, perhaps it's not such a bad idea to eat like a pig.
How long did it take him to lose it though? My dad dropped 120 lbs in roughly a year through diet and exercise.
a) you beat me to it. b) that's his wife. c) grrrrrrroowwwwwwwllll But back to Jackson: So his last movie featured very short furry folk. And his next movie features Jack Black. Trend? Coincidence? Projection? Just wondrin'.