Dan Stevens now certainly looks a far cry from his character in the ITV period drama Downton Abbey. The 31-year-old British actor used to play the mild-mannered, chubby heir of Downton for three seasons of the Emmy-winning series. But in the newly released trailer of action thriller The Guest, he plays a soldier called David who arrives at the home of a fallen comrade and is connected to a series of accidental deaths, reported Daily Mail.
The trailer sees Stevens showing off his buff new physique, which looks chiseled and ripped. According to USA Today, Stevens had shed 30 pounds (13.6kg) in less than six month after quitting Downton Abbey. He had adopted a strict healthy diet and workout regime to lose the weight gained for the role of Matthew Crawley.
“It was for a role. It’s always me, just different incarnations, different roles, different costumes and different sizes,” Stevens spoke of his motivation in an interview with E! Online.