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Colin Farrell looks particularly trim as he scoops Maui Film Festival Award... after gaining 40 pounds for The Lobster role

Published: 05:27 EST, 6 June 2015 | Updated: 13:02 EST, 6 June 2015

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He gained 40 pounds in eight weeks, but Colin Farrell appears to be back on top form.

The actor looked particularly trim when he attended the Maui Film Festival on Thursday after recently revealing he 'gasped' at his formerly-fat self in character for a recent film.

Colin, 39, who first showed off his slender transformation at the Cannes Film Festival last month, was in Hawaii to pick up the Navigator Rainmaker Award for excellence.

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Looking trim: Colin Farrell looked trim as he hit aui Film Festival Rainmaker Awards on Thursday night in a waistcoat

His commitment to film making was certainly clear after he admitted to 'gasping' at pictures of himself in character as David in 2015's The Lobster.

Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter last month, Colin confessed: 'I would put [ice cream] in the microwave to melt and drink it.

'Two cheeseburgers, fries and Coca-Colas, and two slices of chocolate cake at 10 a.m. is not that fun -- and I love cheeseburgers.

Explaining his reaction to the method acting experience, Farrell said: 'It makes you aware of how you've identified being a certain way. I gasped [when I saw myself shirtless on screen]. I'd forgotten what it looked like.'

Excellence: Colin was awarded with the Navigator Award for excellence in True Detective

Method acting: His commitment to acting roles was certainly clear when he recently discussed his 40-pound weight gain for a role in The Lobster (right) last year

Weight gain: The actor, seen here filming in April 2014, recently described gorging on melted ice cream and cheeseburgers and said he was shocked at his appearance when he looked back

He'd apparently bounced back to his slender self in not much time at all and showed off his trim figure in a waistcoat this week.

Colin certainly got into the spirit of the Hawaiian festival when he teamed a pair of flip-flops with his suit and tropical lei.

Lupita Nyong'o was the last winner to scoop the silver plaque, which honours 'a film artist for carving a path of distinction through the turbulent waters of the entertainment industry without sacrificing their fundamental commitment to excellence.'

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Cleaning up his act: The act looked sharp and cut a handsome appearance at the events just one year on

Opening up: At the event, Colin admitted to digging deep into his 'dark' past for his True Detective role

Later in the evening Laura Dern was honoured for her 'eclectic film choices and charismatic performances' with stars including Girls' Adam Driver also in attendance at the event.

Accepting the award for True Detective, Colin admitted that his previous method acting parts have seen him delve 'deep into my not-so-distant past.'

Calling his TV character Ray Velcoro 'a bit of burnout, really,' he quipped to Variety: 'He's somebody who like many of us in life is wrestling with events that took place in his past.

Clean: Colin talked about how his character was a 'bit of a burnout' in the TV series

Relaxed: He took to the stage in a pair of flip-flops which he teamed with his suit

'He is trying to move forward from them, but trapped in this continual cycle of behaviour he can't get out of. I think fundamentally he's a good man that made some very bad choices.'

Colin cleaned up his act in 2003 after gaining a reputation for hard-partying and decided to receive treatment for his drug and alcohol abuse.

Going on to discuss his own 'past' he added: 'I can't remember so much (of that). I'm good, man. I was at the party long enough. I was the party long enough. For me…. I'm very glad to be alive.'