Lily Allen and David Harbour.Photo: Stephen Lovekin/WWD/Shutterstock
David Harbourhad gained weight for a role when he first met his wife,Lily Allen.
TheStranger Thingsstar, 46,had gained weightfor the Netflix show, and then put on more weight — and added a scraggly beard — for his role in Marvel’sBlack Widow.
“I was like, ‘Let’s use the weight.’ So I started eating even more. I got up to 280 lbs., and I loved it,” HarbourtoldThe New York Times.
Right around then, he met singer Allen.
“It’s a true testament to my undeniable charisma when I say that my wife met me at 280 lbs. with this beard and this hair,” he said, dryly. “We went on a date at the Wolseley [restaurant] in London, and she really fell for me at my worst, physically and hair-wise.”
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But Harbour’s role inBlack Widowhad several flashback scenes showing his character, the Russian solider Alexei Shostakov, in his younger days, so the actor committed to losing weight.
And after dropping those 60 lbs., Allen had “mixed feelings” about her husband’s new look.
“She honestly has some mixed feelings about it. Which is a good place to be in a relationship,” he said. “It’s really good to start the relationship from that part, as opposed to being the young, handsome buck and watching yourself degenerate over the years.”
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Allen, though, is big on complimenting her husband. In 2019, after Harbour wasnamed one of PEOPLE’s Men of the Yearin the annualSexiest Man Alive issue, he sharedone of the best things Allen has said to him.
“Lily Allen once told me that I was so gorgeous it was an outrage,” he told PEOPLE.
And Harbour said he’s got a few favorite parts of Allen’s body.
“I really only look at my girlfriend’s eyes, until she’s turned away from me and I stare at her stunningly beautiful butt,” he said.
source: people.com
