How old is he now? Mid 50’s?
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I think the older Hugh gets, the better he looks as Wolverine.
It’s definitely not the Disney/Marvel steroid program that Fox didn’t put it’s actors through…
Like, even the world’s best trainers, nutritionists, and anything else couldn’t consistently get these results.
They can take any random actor through that progression in like 9 months now.
There’s no way they’re all able to do it. It’s worse than 90s baseball
It’s not steroids. It’s severe dehydration plus oiling up the actor
Still an awful act - His kidneys could shut down early as a result
That, mixed with several months of full-time training, world class trainers, and a personal chef.
Why not just VFX the abs onto the actors? If any TikTok user has access to convincing beauty filters then surely Hollywood as well.
PEDs they’re one Hell of a drug.
I don’t know if it’d be healthier if the guys getting superhero bodies just said it was done to drugs (like Tom Hardy), plus having a personal doctor, trainer and chef - just something that is unattainable for most people and unwise. As I imagine it’s a contributor to the problems with men’s mental health.
You also have to wonder about the actor’s long-term health as things like HGH are really risky and diuretics can really put a strain on your system. If I was in the current generation of superhero actors, I’d be keeping a close eye on the first generation of musclemen, action heroes. It may be, with Hollywood money, you get regular checks to spot problems early and avoid the fate of a lot of the bodybuilders and wrestlers in their generation.
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
Apparently, body builders commonly do this, too, from what I’m seeing in various comments
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
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.
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.
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?
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.
Henry Cavill had a similar experience as Geralt. He said he could smell water nearby after a while
I think I heard something similar, so probably.
On that note, I’m well hydrated. REALLY well hydrated…
In the comics Wolverine doesn’t age, because of his healing factor. I think Hugh Jackman might actually be Wolverine.
