There were few actors as versatile, captivating, and enjoyable as Marlon Brando. The man was a once-in-a-lifetime talent.

He was also known in his life as a legendarily voracious eater, to the point that it became frightening and awe-inspiring. He would starve himself to make weight for movie roles. At one point he allegedly ballooned to close to 400 pounds, and he finished his life well north of 250.

It wasn't just that the man liked to eat. His eating habits were both larger-than-life and so quintessentially outlandish that they seem almost a perfect match for a fellow who was so often both of those things:

If all of this is indeed true, I defy you to show me another man who has matched Brando's sheer level of manic caloric food intake.

Mind-blowing and ultimately tragic stuff, serving as a reminder that even the greats are as human and as broken as the rest of us.