jared leto as well. >> jimmy: looked like one of my aunt chippy's ex-boyfriends.mpliment. >> wow. >> jimmy: did you meet aunt chippy at the wedding? you were at our wedding. >> we had a great time at your wedding. molly was beautiful. >> jimmy: who is molly. >> the most perfect, elegant, gorgeous bride. i'm sure backstage right now, she has her hair up in a thing with a pencil through it. >> jimmy: i made her shave her head after the wedding. my superstition. >> she's done. had the best, best time. got to know a lot of your family. >> jimmy: oh, you did. i was worried about that. i am close with aunt chippy now. it turns out they know a lot about us. >> jimmy: about your family. >> i wonder, just what you are sharing? with your -- they just knew like stuff. >> jimmy: really? >> yeah. >> jimmy: i told them not to talk to anyone named jennifer at the wedding. >> you clearly told your family not to talk to us. they sneaked, sneak over. so, i know we are not -- we are all at a wedding together. don't be crazy. >> jimmy: i know them well. what happens when a few drinks

it stars matthew mcconaughey and jared leto lost startling amounts of weight to portray aids patientsu can imagine them practicing their oscar speeches in their trailers as they undergo physical transformations but the big question, is it worth the health risk? >> the way you walk, the way you talk, the way you think. >> 40% of the energy i lost from the neck down sublimated to the neck up. >> for these two, transforming into their characters has become a full body experience. >> you've tested positive for hiv. >> their roles in the dallas buyers club as patients with hiv required each to embark on an intense weight loss regime, going from fit stars to dying characters within months. >> i've been looking for you. >> i stopped counting between 30 and 40 pounds. it provides a certain amount of fragility to the character which was essential here. >> essential, perhaps, to convince the audience. nothing conveys commitment to viewers more than a rigorous and intense physical transformation. it conveys commitment to voters at the academy awards, too. just look at best actor award recipient

. >> matthew mcconaughey and jared leto have done this many times for different roles, up, down, up,, dramatic weight loss gets harder and harder for the body to accomplish easily. so that's another part of the sort of, if you will, depression or discouragement that a lot of celebrities feel. it's like the endless cycle of going up, going down, and each successive attempt getting a little bit more challenging. >> so it can be a health issue, but of course, it helps individuals, it helps actors convince the audience that they are truly near death in the instance of "philadelphia" when they are playing victims of hiv. it also of course can help with critics and with the academy. but it can really have an adverse impact on an actor's health. we'll take a look at this in the pop culture lead at the end of the show coming up at 4:00. >> sounds good. thanks so much. that starts in just a few minutes. mine was earned orbiting the moon in 1971. afghanistan in 2009. on the u.s.s. saratoga in 1982. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa auto insurance is often handed down from generation to