United Kingdom, Aug. 4 -- Sam Claflin suffered a form of body dysmorphia because of the "pressure" he felt to achieve the perfect Hollywood physique.

The Hunger Games star admits he never saw himself as a "leading man" when he embarked on an acting career and he felt like he had to go to extremes to get in shape to fit in among his peers.

He told The Telegraph newspaper: "I was always really short until I was 18, so I never thought of myself in any way as a leading man ...

"I assumed I'd become a character actor. When I was cast in Pirates [Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides], I thought: 'What on earth am I doing here?' ...

"There is this Hollywood assumption that it's the men with the six packs who sell the movie. So there w...