It's perfectly normal for humans to become less matte as they age. Please stop this unnecessary reflectivity shaming.
Hugh Jackman as The Wolverine 2000 vs 2024
Submitted 3 months ago by Blaze@sopuli.xyz to movies@lemm.ee
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Hegar@fedia.io 3 months ago
Wilzax@lemmy.world 3 months ago
#StopDehydratingActors
tetris11@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
dehydrate, dehydrate, dehydrate…
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 months ago
Funny thing is that the comic character never even had this ott physique. He’s this hairy, barrel-chested little brawler.
Cypher@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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.
BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 3 months ago
I would probably have a hard time to bulk up like that.
metallic_substance@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Huge Jackedman
69420@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Came here for this. Heynongman.
BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Jacked Hugeman
TheImpressiveX@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
I think the older Hugh gets, the better he looks as Wolverine.
givesomefucks@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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
Icalasari@fedia.io 3 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
falcunculus@jlai.lu 3 months ago
Why not just VFX the abs onto the actors? If any TikTok user has access to convincing beauty filters then surely Hollywood as well.
Emperor@feddit.uk 3 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.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 months ago
Can’t wait for Even Older Man Logan
tilefan@lemm.ee 3 months ago
after reading about how he gets this look, I don’t enjoy it. same with The Witcher; yes, it looks attractive, but all I can think about is Henry Cavill talking about how when you’re that dehydrated you can smell water from a distance
zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Yeah the whole “dehydrate the fuck out of yourself to make your muscles pop a bit” thing is so irresponsible. Jackman pulled the same thing for the opening prisoner scene in the Les Miserables movie, which was doubly irresponsible because he had to sing, and being dehydrated makes it really difficult to sing well, and potentially puts you at risk to damage your voice. I think I’ve seen interviews where they spent like several hours on that scene because his voice kept breaking. So not only was it super bad for Jackman, it also wasted the rest of the cast and crew’s time.
boovard@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I don’t think that it was him who decided that it was necessary for the scene, though he might not have been against it. Production would not agree to loose money on multiple takes if they did not want the Jackman abs
JakenVeina@lemm.ee 3 months ago
The pic from 2000 looks pretty reasonable.
Hotspur@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
It reminds me of an interview I saw with Alan Richardson (?), the guy playing reacher on the Amazon series. It was in support of the new season, but basically the conversation revolved around how exhausting it was to maintain the required physique for the role, and how it meant he couldn’t do some of the things he normally enjoyed—he was too heavy to run without impact injury, and flexibility and reach was an issue.
I’d imagine transitioning between these physiques can probably be challenging and taxing on the body as well.
TriPolarBearz@lemmy.world 3 months ago
flexibility and reach was an issue.
REACHER
Hotspur@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Hahaha
dyathinkhesaurus@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Richson
GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 months ago
flexibility and reach was an issue.
Hotspur@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
This is what peak performance looks like.
SilentObserver@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Holy cow! 24 years! I knew he has been playing Wolverine for quite awhile, but 24 years playing the same character is insane. And he just keeps getting better at it. Haven’t watch the new Deadpool yet, but I’m absolutely looking forward to it. Heard good things.
norimee@lemmy.world 3 months ago
How old is he now? Mid 50’s?
greenshirtdenimjeans@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
He is over 100 years old
z00s@lemmy.world 3 months ago
^He’ll be doing it till he’s 90
StopJoiningWars@discuss.online 3 months ago
And he looked better in the first one.
angrystego@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Agree, looks much healthier and more natural. A better role model definitely.
blindbunny@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Steroids are amazing!
SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah dude’s not gonna love long if he keeps making Wolverine movies
mortemtyrannis@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
lol do the people downvoting you think he’s natural?
lemonSqueezy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Sorry to spoil the story, one of those is heavily photoshopped…, I mean AI…ed.
BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 3 months ago
When i saw the movie i thought the joke was CGI muscles. But in some podcasts and other things people talked about they are real. Really confusing. Also someone apparently asked how they got to get into shape and they said it was pretty easy, he was never out of shape. The difference between the left and right picture could just be heavy dehydration. Someone even mentioned that even a glass of water could “ruin” his physique
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
Movie trailers will deliberately use cgi for things to cover up what might be spoiled otherwise, they’ll sometimes show beef cake muscles in a trailer when the movie has them wearing a uniform/costume.
The trailer gets
sexand doesn’t spoil anything.
ArbitraryValue@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
In the comics, Wolverine doesn’t age, because of his healing factor. I think Hugh Jackman might actually be Wolverine.
psmgx@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Steroids, professional chefs, makeup, and Photoshop goes along way
MajorHavoc@programming.dev 3 months ago
He really committed to the part!
MindTraveller@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
The one on the right looks like a stiff breeze could knock him over. The left one could actually hold his own in a fight.
Rakonat@lemmy.world 3 months ago
On the right he’s pretty dehydrated.
selokichtli@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
AAMOF, 2000s Jackman’s body resembles comic books’ Wolverine more accurately.
CitizenKong@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Not really and Jackman didn’t think so too. He was cast at the last minute and couldn’t bulk up sufficiently in time. His form from X2 onwards is the form he aimed for.
selokichtli@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Yes, really. Current Wolverine looks ripped in comics too, I see now, but he used to look more strong and compact than ripped in the 80s and 90s, even in the 2000s, depending on the artist. What was clear was Wolverine’s anatomy wasn’t tall-slim-ripped kind of Captain America. Also, we can’t know what Jackman had in mind as in how many more pounds of muscle he would have aimed for, it’s useless to discuss based on that, in the end, I don’t think that’s a decision made by actors.
Finally, if this was Jackman in X-Men 2, that’s fine, in that movie Jackman looked great as Wolverine. I didn’t watch this particular movie, in the trailer Jackman looks fine, but he doesn’t show more than his arms. My comment was relative to the compared pictures.
MeDuViNoX@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
I love Jack Hughman❣️
breadguyyy@r.nf 3 months ago
look what they took from us
Banichan@dormi.zone 3 months ago
propaganda
Mio@feddit.nu 3 months ago
It should be illegal to look extreme to the point it is unhealthy. The 2000 Movie was good.
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 3 months ago
Bobblehead Wolverine
Thebeardedsinglemalt@lemmy.world 3 months ago
I think they originally wanted a slightly more grounded approach at the time. But as the movies went on they wanted the characters to be more impossibly comic-chatacter-cut.
hOrni@lemmy.world 3 months ago
PED, not even once.
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Maybe just once.
sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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
Hotspur@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
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.
CleoTheWizard@lemmy.world 3 months ago
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?
atoro@lemmy.ml 3 months ago
Henry Cavill had a similar experience as Geralt. He said he could smell water nearby after a while
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 3 months ago
sniff sniff “smells like water, gotta be…”
zcd@lemmy.ca 3 months ago
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
psmgx@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah standard weight cutting, and then aggressive pre-show preparation. Ironically, they’re probably at their weakest during competition / shows. The not-shredded wolverine could lift harder and run faster than his tougher looking counterpart.
neidu2@feddit.nl 3 months ago
I think I heard something similar, so probably.
On that note, I’m well hydrated. REALLY well hydrated…
houstoneulers@lemmy.world 3 months ago
hydrohomie
sudo_shinespark@lemmy.world 3 months ago
www.gq.com.au/…/a1f6feeeee1a14c365f72e74671fe3df?…
Apparently, body builders commonly do this, too, from what I’m seeing in various comments
hOrni@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Yeah. There is a reason, why we only see one scene of a shirtless hero per movie.
Vittelius@feddit.org 3 months ago
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)