When most actors take on a big blockbuster type film they usually have to change their appearance because they are either too skinny or too big, Total Film have come up with a list of stars who have buffed up for their roles in these movies.
Chris Evans
The Role: Steve Rogers/Captain America in Captain America
The Technique: Chris Evans did gym sessions a-plenty and ate lots of protein-rich foods. He said to MTV, “It’s the workouts that, you know, make you want to vomit. It’s horrible.”
Did They Keep It Up?:: In a word, no, again, to MTV, he said, “Oh my god, when shooting was done I just stopped going to the gym completely for about three months.”
Christian Bale
The Role: Bruce Wayne/Batman in Batman Begins
The Technique: Bale went straight from The Machinist where he was 130 pounds, and got to 230 pounds, 40 pounds more than what Christopher Nolan wanted. He said to IGN, “I couldn’t do one push up the first day. All of the muscles were gone, so that was a real tough time of rebuilding all of that.”
Did They Keep It Up?:: None of his weight-changes have been as drastic as this. However, he has since slimmed down for The Fighter, in the role of heroin addict Dickie Ecklund.
Hugh Jackman
The Role: Logan/Wolverine in X-Men Origins: Wolverine
The Technique: According to Mike Ryan, Jackman’s personal trainer, they would train in the morning, so for a 6am filming start, they would be in the gym at 4am, to do an hour and a half of training.
Did They Keep It Up?:: Jackman has to get even bigger for The Wolverine, he told the LA Times: “[Darren Aronofsky] said that Wolverine, in the comics, is powerful, stocky – you know, he’s short and thick. So he said, ‘I want you to go there, get bigger’.”
Sylvester Stallone
The Role: Rocky in Rocky
The Technique: For Rocky III, Stallone would do a two mile jog, 18 rounds of sparring, two hours of weightlifting and skipping. Then he would take a nap, go for a run and go for a swim.
Did They Keep It Up?:: After Rocky, Stallone’s body became instantly recognisable and he’s done another five Rocky films and four Rambo films since then. Plus a whole host of other action films.
Demi Moore
The Role: Jordan O’Neill in G.I. Jane
The Technique: Moore told Harper’s Bazaar, “I just wanted to be believable.” And believable she was, after her two hours a day pumping iron and breaking it up with a six-mile run.
Did They Keep It Up?:: Well, after 1997, Demi Moore took a break for three years. She said that preparing for the role nearly killed her, but her body isn’t looking too bad at all these days.
Christopher Reeve
The Role: Clark Kent/Superman in Superman: The Movie
The Technique: High-protein, weights and 90 minutes on a trampoline. Reeve said to a magazine in 1981, “I put on thirty pounds, all muscle, in fact, I found muscles I never knew I had.”
Did They Keep It Up?:: He continued the role for another three films, so had to keep in ship-shape for those.
Mark Wahlberg
The Role: Micky Ward in The Fighter
The Technique: In 2008, he said, “‘I get up everyday at 5am to train for a movie that might not even happen. It’s depressing.” Training for a film that isn’t even definite, there’s dedication.
Did They Keep It Up?:: Wahlberg didn’t keep up quite as intense a workout, but with a Fighter 2 likely to happen, he’ll have to get back into shape.
Robert De Niro
The Role: Jake La Motta in Raging Bull
The Technique: De Niro became La Motta. He trained with him, followed his regime and even fought in three organised boxing fights, winning two of them.
Did They Keep It Up?:: De Niro has been gaining and losing weight for his roles long before Christian Bale became renowned for it. His rolls have come and gone with his roles.
Gerard Butler
The Role: King Leonidas in 300
The Technique: The whole film has Butler in nothing more than a cape and some pants, so he needed to be flawless. Mountain climber and conditioning coach Mark Twight bulked the stars up. The workout involved pull-ups, deadlifts, pushups and flipping tyres. Once Butler was done with his co-stars, he’d then do another training session on his own. We need a sit down after hearing all that.
Did They Keep It Up?:: He’s not a real Spartan, you’d be mad to keep a training regime like that up.
Ed Norton
The Role: Derek Vinyard in American History X
The Technique: High protein and strength building exercises were the order of the day to get Ed from being a weak looking skinny fella to a neo-Nazi prison worn warrior.
Did They Keep It Up?:: Not really, Norton had to split his personality into himself and Brad Pitt to start fighting anyone in Fight Club. He still threw his own punches around though.
You have to admire their dedication, it certainly wouldn’t be me.
Normally when you hear news about Tom Cruise it’s along the lines of “weird Scientology guy is weird.”
Not today.
This weekend Hugh Jackman hosted A Fine Romance Benefit for the Motion Picture and Television Fund in L.A., where Katie Holmes stepped into her old theater shoes and a slinky black dress to perform the song “Whatever Lola Wants” from Damn Yankees. She was joined on stage for a bit of dancing (but unfortunately no singing) by her husband Tom Cruise.
I had forgotten how sexy Katie Holmes is. If she danced for me like that, I wouldn’t be able to get off of the bench for fear of showing the audience the raging erection. Just sayin’.
If you can judge by this video, they seem like a very happy couple. Unfortunately, every time I say that the proverbial poop hits the fan. By this time next week we may be hearing that Tom Cruise has been cheating on his hot wife with a midget that dresses as L. Ron Hubbard while reciting the story of Xenu. Naked.
Source: Katie Holmes Seduces Tom Cruise … On Stage [Popeater]
With ‘The Wolfman’ terrorizing its way into theaters Friday, we couldn’t help but wonder whether or not the film’s producers really needed to shell out for all those expensive CGI effects on Benicio Del Toro. We’re in a recession, after all, and there are plenty of actors in Hollywood who are more than hairy enough to fit the ‘Wolfman’ bill without all the costly add-ons.
Robin Williams
The godfather of Hollywood Hairiness, Robin Williams has been in the game for nearly four decades and is still going strong. Forget the Oscar and the Golden Globe awards; Williams’ greatest achievement might be making it into the Urban Dictionary lexicon: a noun signifying “an exceptionally hairy person, usually a guy.” Hair on, Robin!
Alec Baldwin
Alec Baldwin is without a doubt the most prolific Baldwin brother and probably the hairiest as well. Even the most casual of Baldwin Google searches will ultimately take you to a strange world of fandom and devotion for his epically hairy chest. Try it for yourself, but don’t say we didn’t warn you.
Tom Selleck
So many people focus on Mr. Selleck’s propensity for growing world-class mustaches that they often forget that the man is just as follicly endowed everywhere else (minds out of the gutter, please). Selleck’s no one-trick pony, but he’s probably just as furry.
Chuck Norris
Same Selleck principle goes for Chuck Norris as well — if you weren’t so busy focusing on his sheer awesomeness, then you’d definitely know by now that he’s one hairy ninja.
Burt Reynolds
Though his face may be a little unrecognizable these days, there’s no denying the hairy chest is still all Burt.
Sean Connery
The baddest Scot in the game, Sean Connery is the prototype for a leading man brazen enough to drive an Aston Martin unscathed through a literal minefield, dismantle a bomb set to destroy the world and still get the girl — au naturale of course. Who has time for manscaping when you’re James Bond?
Hugh Jackman
After three ‘X-Men’ movies and a one-mutant spin-off, it’s hard to imagine anyone but Hugh Jackman filling out those Wolverine mutton chops.
David Hasselhoff
Little known fact: a lock David Hasselhoff’s chest hair sells for about €75 in Germany ($102 U.S.).
Steve Carrell
And we’ll leave you with one of the more memorable manscaping moments in recent history — Steve Carrell’s hysterical adventures in waxing from ‘The 40 Year Old Virgin.’
I leave you with Madonna’s hairiest crotch shot ever (NSFW) ha!
source: Hollywood’s Hairiest Actors: The Definitive List [popeater]
Thank God it’s Friday! We’ve got some of the funniest quotes for you today! Between Jessica Simpson trash talking “Melrose Place” to Kristen Stewart calling herself a lesbian. Enjoy!
“Who writes this crap? i have had bad scripts to work with, but this? thank God my sister is amazing and got you some press.”
– Big sis Jessica Simpson, blasting “Melrose Place” after recent news that her sister Ashlee Simpson-Wentz had been cut from the show, on Twitter
“I went to sleep as Rihanna and woke up as Britney Spears.”
– Rihanna, on the media storm that followed her physical attack by ex-boyfriend Chris Brown
“Sarah was a little nuts before. Don’t get me wrong. I loved the nuts that she was.”
– Freddie Prinze Jr., on the calming effect their new baby Charlotte has had on his type-A wife Sarah Michelle Gellar
“I felt completely rancid!”
– Mariah Carey, on her glammed-down role in the new film “Precious”, at the movie’s AFI Audi Film Festival premiere
“I think I’m just misunderstood. I’m not a fame seeker. Everyday I look in the mirror and I wonder [why I'm famous]. I don’t sing. I don’t dance. I’m not a Nobel Peace Prizewinner. I just had eight kids and I had a show on TLC.”
– Jon Gosselin, trying to redeem himself during a public dialogue with celebrity Rabbi Shmuley Boteach in New York City
“I love the smell of diapers.”
– Sarah Jessica Parker, on just how much she loves being a mom
“There’s no answer that’s not going to tip you one way or the other. Think about every hypothetical situation: ‘Okay, we are. We aren’t. I’m a lesbian.’”
– Kristen Stewart, on why she refuses to confirm or deny that she and her New Moon costar Robert Pattinson are dating
“I still love those damn Dorritos, baby! And I’m telling you: The Keebler elf is real.”
– A slimmed-down Mo’Nique, on the junk food that still tempts her
“Me! I want to be the first to have it back to back, buddy.”
– The reigning Sexiest Man Alive Hugh Jackman, when asked who deserves to succeed him
“I don’t feel a day over 6!”
– Big Bird, on kicking off Sesame Street’s 40th anniversary
