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50 Cent revealed that a friend who suffered from cancer inspired him to take on the project 'Things Fall Apart'.

Speaking to a Cleveland newspaper earlier this year, he said: "It's a project that I wrote, produced and financed myself. It's about a Heisman hopeful who could possibly be going to the league and everyone is assuming he's gonna make it, and then he's hit with an illness."

"I had a friend of mine who actually experienced cancer, and it's what motivated me to write this screenplay. You don't have to make everything personal, but that project was."

He added: "That's why I committed to playing a role where I lost 54 pounds. I had to discipline myself enough until I achieved it but ... I got it."

50 Cent said that accomplished actresses such as Tom Hanks, Christian Bale and Robert De Niro helped him to lose over 50lbs for the movie role.

The 'Baby By Me' rapper told US chatshow The View: "I read [Robert] De Niro's interviews during Raging Bull, Christian Bale's during The Machinist, and Tom Hanks with Philadelphia."

He also went on to revealed that he distinctly remembers his first proper meal after the film wrapped, 50 Cent said: "I remember specifically what the first thing was, because I was starving.

"I had a steak. It was 12 ounces, but I got about four ounces in before I started getting sleepy."

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