Shocking Matthew McConaughey pics show weight loss for new role

Matthew McConaughey has been snapped looking shockingly thin after losing 30lbs for a new film role.

The pictures were taken after he appeared on set for the new Martin Scorsese film 'The Wolf of Wall Street', currently being shot in New York.

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But McConaughey, who was last seen on screens with a rippling torso in stripper film 'Magic Mike', has made the loss for forthcoming project 'The Dallas Buyer's Club'.

In the real-life story, he plays Ron Woodruff, a man who contracted HIV through drug use in the 1980s.

The actor told Larry King recently: “I'm playing a guy who was sick and would have loved to have been healthier but wasn't.

“For me, it's more of a mental thing than a physical thing. I'll get down to the weight I need to get to. I'm on my way, and it's what I need to do for the job.

“It’s a bit of a spiritual cleanse, mental cleanse. [I’m] drinking a lot of tea. It takes a while for your body to understand that it has to feed off of itself and that you’re not going to give it something else from the outside.”