Anne Hathaway On 'Dangerous Diet' To Slim Down For New Role

March 30 2012, Published 5:00 a.m. ET

Apparently the weight Anne Hathaway lost for her role as Catwoman in the new Batman movie wasn’t nearly enough to play a prostitute!

The 29-year-old actress, who recently slimmed down her already fit figure in order to squeeze into a latex catsuit, has been asked to drop a whopping 16 pounds for her upcoming role as Fantine in the movie version of Les Miserables – and is being forced to take drastic measures to lose the weight in less than three weeks.

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“Unfortunately, she only has 15 to 20 days to lose as much weight as possible - up to a stone-and-a-half - because she’s been filming the scenes showing her fit and healthy, almost slightly chubby,” a source tells the UK's Daily Mirror.

“It’s not ideal but, as with any high-budget movie, there are strict time constraints. Producers have assigned her a personal trainer and she is literally eating nothing more than a couple of apples a day, and some protein – mainly in the form of a shake.”