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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
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.
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.
Edit: I agree that it’s a completely irresponsible practice though!
The pic from 2000 looks pretty reasonable.
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.
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.
I would probably have a hard time to bulk up like that.
#StopDehydratingActors
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
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)
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.
I think I heard something similar, so probably.
On that note, I’m well hydrated. REALLY well hydrated…
hydrohomie
And he looked better in the first one.
Agree, looks much healthier and more natural. A better role model definitely.
It should be illegal to look extreme to the point it is unhealthy. The 2000 Movie was good.
look what they took from us
Huge Jackedman
It’s perfectly normal for humans to become less matte as they age. Please stop this unnecessary reflectivity shaming.
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.
PED, not even once.
Maybe just once.
Sorry to spoil the story, one of those is heavily photoshopped…, I mean AI…ed.
How old is he now? Mid 50’s?
^He’ll ^be ^doing ^it ^till ^he’s ^90
