However, there was a point when executive producer Ryan Murphy asked Criss to put on a few pounds to portray his character's weight gain.
"For a good week—and I'm a pretty healthy guy—I was like ‘OK, I'm going to drink a boatload of beer, eat like a dozen cheeseburgers a day, basically be a college kid'….I was encouraged to live like a delinquent," he said.
After a few days of this diet, Criss started to feel "so sick." So, he called Murphy and said he couldn't put on the weight. However, Criss claimed Murphy "didn't even remember" the request and told him not to worry about it.
"I wish I hadn't called him because then I could have lived my best-worst life," he said.
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