Tom Hiddlestone trying life out below the poverty line (Photo by Stuart Wilson/Getty Images)

Forget Iain Duncan Smith’s insistence he can live off £53-a-week because Hollywood hunk Tom Hiddleston proved he’s got the stomach to live off just £1 a day.

The British Hollywood hunk has been showing he has the will power to survive off the measly food budget in a bid to raise awareness around world starvation by living below the poverty line.

Four days into his challenge and the Thor: The Dark World actor has been fueling his days with two pieces of white toast and two boiled eggs for the price of 33p.

Hiddleston has also been eating omelettes and kidney beans but admits: ‘To live truly #belowtheline I would have to surrender the roof over my head, gas, electricity, and clean, running water.’


Tom Hiddleston is keeping his fans updated on his daily feed. Pic: Tom Hiddleston Twitter

He’s working his way through seven apples at 10p each. For lunch he has boiled potato and mixed vegetables and a rice dish at 17p.



The 32-year-old tweeted: ‘Plate of rice, veg, & a third of a jar of Uncle Ben’s curry sauce to stave off night-time rumblings.’

Tom surviving off an omelet. Pic: Tom Hiddleston twitter

But that fix didn’t meet the strapping star’s appetite.

‘My first moment of real hunger. This requires a strong sense of will,’ he tweeted early in his campaign.

An apple a day at 10p each for Tom Hiddleston. Pic:Tom Hiddleston

Other treats have included an omelette-pizza which cost half his daily budget at 50p.

Terrified he’s miss his caffeine fix when he kicked off his challenge, the star said: ‘The challenge is to buy all the food and drink you need to survive for five days with just £5 (£1 per day).’