Why not just VFX the abs onto the actors? If any TikTok user has access to convincing beauty filters then surely Hollywood as well.
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givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 months agoIt’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
falcunculus@jlai.lu 2 months ago
BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I thought that was the joke of the movie. That his abs are fake. Because they looked so super oiled up and fake. I don’t even see why not. They can only maintain that kind of physique for a day of shooting or so.
Emperor@feddit.uk 2 months ago
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.
Icalasari@fedia.io 2 months ago
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
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I mean, it’s dehydration, but on top of steroids.
Especially when you consider Jackman is fucking 55 years old. In the pic in the left from 20 years ago, he’s too old to look like the pic on the right.
There is zero percent chance he’s not on them.
JoeBigelow@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Bro it’s gear
TheRaven@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
That, mixed with several months of full-time training, world class trainers, and a personal chef.
Icalasari@fedia.io 2 months ago
For sure, was just specifically mentioning the full on harmful method used
Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I’d sure love having a personal chef.
TheRaven@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Eating healthier would be so much easier if I had someone professionally trained at making healthy things tastier cooking food for me.
Adding to that, time constraints wouldn’t be an issue. Sometimes making great tasting things is really a matter of spending a long time on a dish.
LotrOrc@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It is definitely also steps and supplements in addition to dehydration
Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s also steroids, and probably some very expensive, very exotic PED.
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s just testosterone and trebolone, plus maybe a very short run of oral superdrol. Couple that with a ten week cut and some diuretics plus simple carbs just before filming. Six months bulking, three months cutting, every meal calorie counted and tracking macros. Still very hard on your body and requires more or less constantly thinking about.
Anticorp@lemmy.world 2 months ago
I heard Stalone regularly uses human growth hormones.