Jesse Plemons is denying using Ozempic to lose weight

But he has now told the Los Angeles Times: "It's really unfortunate that I decided to get healthy when everyone decided to take Ozempic. It doesn't matter. Everyone's going to think I took Ozempic anyways."

Jesse instead claims he shed his weight with the help of intermittent fasting after the practice was recommended by "several people".

He added: "I just gave it a shot and (was) surprised at how quickly it was effective.

"(Then I) felt like I was in the rhythm, I was feeling better, and something shifted in my head. I just sort of got a handle on it."

Jesse also opened up about why he decided to overhaul his physique, saying his role as a gun-toting killer in 'Civil War' - which depicted a conflict-ravaged US - made him think the character would not be the size he was in reality.

He added: "There was a part that I did that in my mind I could not imagine him as the size that I was. I lost a little bit before I did that part."

Jesse said his choice was also down to him "getting older".

But he added about his hatred of discussing weight loss techniques: "I hate even getting specific because then it turns into a whole thing."

Jesse and Kirsten, who starred alongside him in 'Civil War' as a war photographer, had been dating her since 2016 before they got hitched.

The couple had their first child, a son whose name they have yet to share, two years later.

They are also parents to a second son James, born in 2021.