We’re well aware of what actors have to go through to get their bodies to fit the image that the producers want. With superhero movies in their heydey right now, we’re constantly seeing actors take to the screen with bulging muscles and seemingly no body fat whatsoever.
The intense diet and training regimes, however, are not good for you, and Channing Tatum has spoken about how horrible it can be to undergo these transformations. In fact, the condition of getting his body into that shape was largely the reason that he didn’t want to make a third Magic Mike movie.
He spoke about the process: “It’s hard to look like that. Even if you do work out, to be that kind of in shape is not natural. That’s not even healthy. You have to starve yourself. I don’t think when you’re that lean, it’s actually healthy.”
Indeed, when you hear about other actors’ training programmes, it sounds far from healthy. In preparation for Logan, Hugh Jackman would drink three gallons of water in the days before filming, and then for the 36 hours before the shoot, he would drink nothing at all. Speaking about this preparation the actor said:
“Don’t do this at home. Yeah, don’t. Dehydration can cause kidney damage, as well as cramping, heat exhaustion, and potentially heatstroke, especially if it occurs during workouts.”
