In an interview with podcaster Joe Rogan, James said that he lost weight to play a priest in a movie and got down to 230 pounds. His weight rose back up to 280 pounds after the shooting ended.

When he was told he had to shoot some additional scenes, the Hitch actor realised he needed to drop the weight again.

“I can lose it really quick, I can fast and lose it,” he said. “Seriously, I can lose it quick… I can do it in a month. Less than a month.”

He shared that he once went “41 and a half” days without food and consumed only “water and a little salt” to boost his electrolytes. It was, according to him, because of a desire to lose weight and religious reasons.

“When I lock on, I can do something. I started fasting, I didn’t say ‘I’m going to do 40 days,’ I just said ‘I’m going to do whatever I can’… I felt pretty good for a while, and then I’d have these dips, like wow, I feel pretty miserable.”

“I lost, I think, like 60 pounds,” he said.