LOS ANGELES, May 28 (UPI) -- Jeffrey Dean Morgan took drastic measures to lose 40 pounds for his role in Texas Rising, a History Channel original miniseries.
The Grey's Anatomy star, 49, chose not to eat anything but a can of tuna a day, telling Today Show hosts Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb last week that his character, Deaf Smith, suffered from consumption -- another word for tuberculosis.