27 Celebrities Who Ditched Meat to Go Vegan

Kate & Rooney Mara

“To me it’s so obvious: there’s a life behind the eyes,” Megan Leavey star Kate Mara told The Georgia Straight. “That’s one of the reasons I’m a vegan.”

“I’m completely obsessed right now with the vegan, gluten-free Beyond Meat burger,” she added while talking to Bon Appetit. “The first time I had it, I thought, ‘I must have gotten this wrong.’ It looked so bloody because of the beets! I’m completely addicted. I’ll cook one up in some olive or coconut oil, top it with a slice of vegan American, and put it in a gluten-free bun with ketchup and lettuce.”

Kate had a hard time giving up dairy though: “Their [her loved ones'] biggest surprise is that I don’t eat cheese anymore, and I don’t blame them because cheese was definitely the hardest thing to give up.” (via Glamour UK)

Her sister Rooney Mara told W magazine, “At a certain point I was like, ‘I can’t even wear the leather I have. I don’t want it in my closet or on my body. It makes me feel uncomfortable.’” She and her friends even have their own vegan clothing line called Hiraeth.