121 points

Didn’t he explain one time that the key to looking really shredded for a movie is to get SUPER dehydrated right as filming begins? Think it was because then it makes your abs and other chest muscles stick out really prominently and achieves the Hollywood expectation for how strong guy should look

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Ugh so annoying. So like both in movies and body building, what they’re selling is actually not a healthy or strong physique—but someone who could be on the verge of organ failure.

I like the idea of fitness, and being in functionally good shape, so this sort of exaggeration is something I find uniquely distasteful—portraying a a goal state that is actually just a grift/scam, and that is dangerous to partake in.

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Don’t some European countries have regulations against this kind of thing now? Like being forced to mark images as photoshopped and requiring that models have a certain BMI?

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As far as I remember, it is Norway that has a law requiring social media influencers to label their pictures if they have been altered and it’s France that requires models to stay over a certain BMI. I think both laws are good, but the latter one should maybe be adjusted to not strictly look at BMI as it would, for example, impact tall models differently than short ones.

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65 points

Henry Cavill had a similar experience as Geralt. He said he could smell water nearby after a while

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16 points

sniff sniff “smells like water, gotta be…”

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4 points

Turns out he was method acting in Deadpool & Wolverine all along

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Yeah they will typically time the cutting/dehydration to film all the “muscle shots” at the same time. The actors are miserable during this time period, and will and will quickly hydrate/switch to maintenance eating after this

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Yeah standard weight cutting, and then aggressive pre-show preparation. Ironically, they’re probably at their weakest during competition / shows, due to the dehydration and starvation beforehand.

The not-shredded wolverine could lift harder and run longer than his tougher looking counterpart.

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I think I heard something similar, so probably.

On that note, I’m well hydrated. REALLY well hydrated…

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7 points

hydrohomie

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13 points

Yeah. There is a reason, why we only see one scene of a shirtless hero per movie.

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Yes, he explained this in the BTS for “Les Miserables”

A MUSICAL MOVIE WHERE THE CAST HAD TO SING LIVE ON SET. (I had to write that in caps to drive home the point and retraumatise all the theater kids in the audience)

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108 points

It’s perfectly normal for humans to become less matte as they age. Please stop this unnecessary reflectivity shaming.

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65 points

#StopDehydratingActors

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dehydrate, dehydrate, dehydrate…

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Funny thing is that the comic character never even had this ott physique. He’s this hairy, barrel-chested little brawler.

Old picture looks like something you could plausibly achieve by going to the gym every day.

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39 points

Three times a week with a reasonable diet would get most people the first look. And you could actually maintain it.

The second is impossible to maintain for more than short stints.

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4 points

I would probably have a hard time to bulk up like that.

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53 points

Huge Jackedman

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Came here for this. Heynongman.

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Jacked Hugeman

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