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Many people might not be familiar with the name Morgan Spurlock but in the early 2000s, Spurlock was the talk of the town. Being a documentary filmmaker and television producer, Spurlock received several accolades throughout his career. His greatest feat, however, was creating the iconic documentarySuper Size Me.
Since it was the early 2000s, people hadn’t really given importance to the unhealthiness of fast food or junk food. Being a visionary person, Morgan Spurlock decided to jump on that opportunity and created the 2004 filmSuper Size Me.His body had some great side effects and Spurlock revealed that his body lost resilience after some time!
Morgan Spurlock’sSuper Size MeCost Him Greatly
For those of you who do not know whatSuper Size Meis, it’s a 2004 documentary film where Morgan Spurlock eats food from McDonald’s for 30 days straight. Although it has a very straight premise and linear storyline, the effects… weren’t so predictable.
Starring himself as the test subject, Spurlock actually ate McDonald’s for 30 days while recording his meals and his body. From horrifying revelations to McDonald’s role in the American way of eating food, Spurlock explores it all through his documentary.
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After the release of the 2004 film. Spurlock experienced some adverse side effects. In a 2010 interview, the director sat withCivil Eatsto talk about his 2004 magnum opus. During the discussions, Spurlock was asked about his health. Well, here’s what he had for a reply:
I think the biggest thing is my ability to gain weight. Ever since making the movie, I can put on four or five pounds in a weekend so easily. Its incredible how my body has kind of lost its resiliency.
He further continued,
As you create fat cells to store fat and you lose weight and those fat cells get smaller, they don’t magically vanish. They are still in your body, still swimming around waiting for you to overeat so they can store more fat.
In a way, Morgan Spurlock indirectly started a movement with his 2004 film. With the release of the film, the world got a shock factor about the fast food that they eat. Following the release of the film, several companies started to include the calorie count right in their menus.
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Since the documentary was about eating McDonald’s food for 30 days straight,Morgan Spurlockdid not hold back his thoughts while talking about the fast food chain. Stating that the company didn’t want people to find out“how bad the food is”,Spurlock had quite some things to say.
Morgan Spurlock And The McDonald’s Burger
As the interview continued, Spurlock further talked about how the fast food company didn’t have any nutritional facts about the food that they were making.
In the movie we were trying to find the nutrition information [in McDonald’s stores], and it was behind a door or in the basement. They didn’t even have it out. Its almost like they don’t even want you to know how bad the food is.
Are people going to stop suddenly eating fast food? No. I mean, people haven’t stopped smoking cigarettes. That’s a product [that] when used correctly will kill you. So I think we need to arm people with as much information as possible and then ultimately let them make that choice.
Morgan Spurlock’s family recently confirmed that Spurlock had passed away on 09 June 2025 and the cause of death was cited as complications due to cancer. The director was 53 years of age.
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Morgan Spurlock’s greatest accomplishment,Super Size Mereceived a rating of 7.2/10 on IMDB and a whopping 92% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Being an eye-opening film,Super Size Meis available to stream on Prime Video in the U.S.
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
