If I'm not mistaken, Christopher Reeve's rationale for gaining real muscle instead of using a padded suit was that Superman doesn't lie, and the padded suit would be a lie. That's how much he cared about the integrity of the character.
I gotta say Henry Cavill is by far the best physique of all of them. His proportions, size, and even body hair are all perfect. His body looks sustainable and comfortable to live with too. I’d love to look like him.
@@yimpyoi9808 honestly, in the first captn america, his physique looks INFERIOR even for a natural in my eyes... if i looked as bad as him i'd be embarrassed to take my shirt off at the beach...
Pitt beefed up for "The Lost City" (2022). He played a PT in "Burn After Reading" (2008), & his abs made him famous in "Thelma & Louise" (1991). I didn't like the stringy build he had in "Fight Club", & hated the tobacco use.
@@stevenholderby6354 was Albert Einstein a superhero? Is Santa Claus a superhero? How about Jesus Christ? Was Jesus Christ a superhero? How about Tom Brady?
I remember an interview Hugh Jackman gave about filming The Wolverine in 2013. For most of the shirtless scenes, they did a lot of water restriction so he would look more ripped. In his fight scene against Sanada's character, he was so dehydrated that he was dizzy and kept accidentally stabbing Sanada with his prosthetic claws. Being pros, they got through the scene anyway. His physique is entirely possible, but is also terribly unsustainable, unhealthy, and un-fun.
That is exactly what bodybuilders go through right before their contests. They are dehydrated, sleep deprived, anxious, exhausted, & starved. It is a wonder they can even walk out on the stage. But they love what they do. Jackman had to do it for a role, & he's not a bodybuilder. No wonder he hated it.
@@Gymratadventures4269 he's not even that big. The way he looks in that scene is heavily reinforced from tricks like dehydration, lighting, skin tone and camera angles
Prowse has the small role of Julian, a guard & strong-arm man, in "A Clockwork Orange" (1971). He has a little dialogue & he's pumping iron in one scene.
I have been watching you Buff dudes for over 10-11 years now, always your videos inspire me, and always put a smile on my face! Love all your hard work, I nominate you as the best physique compared to the Hollywood guys, because you are real, and you do everything on your own, No chef, No millions of dollars poured on you to achieve what you achieved! Huge respect to Josh of you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
As an extension of your recent video of how action films like "Predator" inspired you & got you to the gym, this video is awesome. I watched every second of it. I didn't always have the same take on things that you do--for instance, I think AAS has a central role in the quick transformations actors have made, Gerard Butler in "Gamer" (2009), for one. I agree that some of these builds are achievable naturally, but it takes a lot longer than three months to do it.
I actually liked the "transformation" of Tobey Maguire in the first (and best 😅) spiderman movie. Was a fun scene in front of the mirror and himself being surprised. Else Evans impressed me quite hard. Especially cause of the scene in where Hayley Atwell couldn't resist touching 😅
13:20 - Chris Hemsworth had been training a lot around that time because he was supposed to be playing Hulk Hogan in a movie about him. I dont know if the movie ever happened, but the physique he had in Thor Love & Thunder was because of that. Reportedly he put on so much mass that his stunt double had trouble keeping up!
Same thing happened to Hemsworth in the 3rd Thor film. He kept outgrowing his costume, & was told not to get bigger. The untitled Hulk Hogan film is in development hell, & likely will never be made, given the health issues Hemsworth is facing.
I love the rant at the end just came about your view on films😂😂. After hearing your actual thoughts I could listen to you guys all day about film review.and you hit the nail on the head with how films are going now.well done for your honesty
"Thor: Love & Thunder" (2022) was worth seeing. For me the best parts concerned Gorr & his daughter, & Dr. Jane Foster's cancer. Those plot lines cross in the final scene w/ dramatic power. Many of Gorr's scenes hit the cutting room floor. Taika Waititi delivered a four-hour cut, & Disney cut it to two hours, including a ten-minute credits crawl & end-credits teaser. We saw half of the film, in other words. No wonder it was an incoherent jumble. (It's possible the other two hours were the same.)
Hey guys, body transformation to have added: Russell Crowe for Gladiator. He'd just come off of The Insider, playing an overweight tobacco executive and 2 weeks after wrapping began preparing to become Maximus. In a Rolling Stone interview, he even stated how impossible it was for him to maintain that body after not having the trainer, the chef, the time.
These are think pieces more than they are reviews, which are more detailed & require training in film history & knowledge of film terms (such as a snap zoom, where a camera quickly moves in on or away from something being filmed--see "whip zoom" on Wikipedia). That is, it requires those things if you want to be a good film reviewer. Most of the wannabes on TH-cam who claim to be reviewers aren't. & the Dudes don't claim to be reviewers.
The way Henry Cavill adds/subtracts body muscle is amazing. His body transformations from Theseus (Immortals) to Superman (Man of Steel) and Gerald (The Witcher) are astounding. Between these iconic characters, he drops the weight for roles where he looks like a normal large human.
There is a clip on youtube I've watch many times with Christopher Reeve talking about getting cast as Superman. He said he wore a massive oversized sweater to the audition to hide what a stringbean he was. But then yeah, he put in the work to build up the physique himself rather than use a padded suit. And no steroids, as he specifically says in the clip. Legend!
Not sure why that's legend. I agree, Reeve was clean in his films. Arnold was not. Director Richard Fleischer asked him to "put on more muscles" for "Conan the Destroyer." He put on 10 pounds of muscle in short order. Wonder how he did that. ("Arnold: An Unauthorized Biography" by Wendy Leigh, 1990, p. 202)
Henry Cavills physique in the specific clip you had in this video was my motivation for years, I wanted to look just like that. I'm happy to say I've succeeded and even gotten bigger than that, naturally as well, but that will forever be kind of my ideal physique. It's a build that appears to boast both incredible strength as well as athleticism. I'd absolutely love to look like Hugh did at his peak but I just don't have that in me lmao.
Hemsworth was also bulking up for a biopic about Hulk Hogan, that’s one of the reasons he looked so much bigger in Thor Love and Thunder. You could’ve also included Ben Affleck, for his bulking up to play Batman in the Snyder DC movies
On the topic of steroids I agree a lot of the end physiques can be achieved naturally e.g. Evans as captain America that’s a completely attainable physique. But that doesn’t mean they were achieved naturally, it’s all about the timeframe they made these transformations in that makes it so clear steroids were used. It’s the people like Evans and Cavill who maintain their realistically attainable physiques between movies that I believe are natural they don’t go from nothing to 2-3 years natty lifting progress in a few months
F/X (or CGI) is standard & constant for films these days, & the actors' bodies we see are often visually altered from what they filmed on a green or blue screen. The CGI teams can age or de-age an actor, & do the equivalent of plastic surgery on the face & body. In fact, plastic surgery is also probably used for some actors in some films. (Plastic surgery can be reversed at times, such as in chest or breast implants.)
@@hifrommike2120 while you are correct cgi is used to enhance a physique alongside, pump, lighting etc none of that would explain the huge short term muscle growth you see in behind the scenes footage, promotional content such as men’s health “x celebrity workout” and paparazzi photos. And it also wouldn’t explain how their 4 stuntmen also put on that much size in the same timeframe despite genetic differences. It’s a simple truth most of Hollywood is using gear, I don’t blame them people clearly want to see those physiques on screen I just wish they were honest about it
@@user-ns3vs3bp3e Actors cannot admit to breaking state & federal laws prohibiting the non-medical use of AAS. Steroids are controlled in every US state, & also federally. Actors & trainers could be arrested, & the companies sued for fraud (like the lawsuits over Milli Vanilli). "The first law of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club."
There is something so special about Superman 1 and 2 with Christopher Reeve. He represented everything you wish a superhero would be in real life. It's older, but man...those two films are special.
Great films with solid scripts, casting, special effects, production design, & characters you can care about. One trick that Disney figured out early on is you have to make the villains/bad guys striking, even if they're horrible people (or creatures). Benicio Del Toro as the Collector in "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014) is a good example of that.
Tobey Maguire for Spiderman was the first big superhero transformation I remember (I was aware of Christopher Reeve's transformation at the time, and Wesley Snipes was built like that anyway).
I like Stephen Amell Physique in arrow, not only because of looks, but the athleticism, the videos of him training parkour are impressive, also some calisthenics in there too, the muscle-ups, the salmon leader, one arm pushups etc... The fact that he learned parkour for the show is amazing, so that's my favorite superhero Physique
A lot of Hugh Jackman was leanness. If you watch the first X-men movie, he was in good shape. But it was something that could be maintained. That super level of lean just isn't something you could maintain.
New video idea, doing the Mike Mentzer training routine for a month. I've been doing the routine, training till failure 2 times per week, upper body and lower body, 20-30 minute workouts two times per week. I'd love to see a video from y'all about that.
I really enjoy how peoples opinions differ for many of the films that were mentioned. I personally enjoyed both Thor: L+T, and Black Adam, not saying stories needed more work but still not as bad as critically acclaimed. Incredible body transformations for some of these films, would be interesting to see if you could do the same with video games, and the live action films comparison etc. As always, love your stuff Stay Buff 💪🏼
They weren't the best movies but they were very enjoyable, which is usually what I want when I go to the movies. I would love to see more of Black Adam, the rock is great as usual.
5:32 I don't think Chris Evans had to bulk up all that much. If you see him in Not Another Teen Movie and Fantastic Four 1 & 2... He's pretty chiseled. And then look at him in Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Chris doesn't take his shirt off, but he looks bigger than the previous three movies.
I just saw this film in 4K & was startled at his appearance. The only actor I have seen in a film with that amount of bodyfat (i.e., none) was Jessica Simpson in the 2005 film "The Dukes of Hazzard." I gasped when I saw her.
I remember watching Man of Steel when it released and joining my older brother in this old school gym in our town! I had no clue back then so I only trained upperbody for months haha! Great video as always dudes! You should review female actors who have bulked up aswell! Remember to include Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2! ;)
The worst thing anyone can do is compare yourself to others. Motivation is good to get started working out. Stick to clean eating sleep and consistent working out. That's the best way to go. Great video
Or Rob McElhenney for Always Sunny in Philadelphia? There's that interview for GQ(?) where he honestly breaks down what someone would have to do to look like he did for the show: the act that he was paid to do it PLUS the cost of that investment. A real eye opener.
Hemsworth was in a movie called Perfect Getaway in which he had a very skinny, surfer body so to see his transformation into Thor, especially the last couple movies, is insane
Three people on that list are without any second of a doubt on PEDs: Chris Hemsworth, Huge Jackedman and Dwayne Johnson. The last two are past the age where musclegrowth of that speed and size isnt possible without the extra juice.
Also I dont blame them, they do what is required. But transparancy is the keyword missing here because without it, people may actually think that they can achieve the same thing natural.
@@DanHammarstrom I hate fake natties, but what i hate most is that they post those insane "workout routines" and the diets with like 10k calories and people believe it... crazy.
Also, one guy that I think makes a good example of body transformations is Robert Downey Jr; he was reasonably fit from martial arts training but through old-school lifting he got into tank top shape for Iron Man, then slimmed down for Sherlock Holmes, then had to get the muscle back for Iron Man 2. I believe he threatened suicide (hopefully in jest) if he had to do another traditional bench press or squat, so his trainer came up with more bodyweight and odd lifts to shock his body back into size and keep it interesting.
These guys have the most expensive trainers/nutritionists for their role prep. It likely costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. Downey can afford it. He made nearly $50 million for each of the last few Marvel movies he starred in. & Marvel might have paid that bill.
Eye-opening article about the trend for Hollywood stars getting massive for roles - Building a Bigger Action Hero by Logan Hill Also shines a light on the darker aspect for the actors (and the stunt doubles) having to get and maintain such a peck level of body
Agreed. The Screen Actors Guild has had an award for "Outstanding Performance by a stunt ensemble for a Motion Picture" since 2007. The most recent winner: "Top Gun: Maverick" (2022).
Chris Pratt has mentioned that the heavyset guy that he naturally falls back to really misses the bad diet and sticking to his MCU ordered diet was the hardest part for him.
Chris Evans is absolutely real he was already kinda muscular and hes tall. The scene of the transformation in the movie he said many times he got a big pump for that scene
Look up interviews with Hardy. He wasn't huge. 195 lbs at 5 foot 9 inches. He flat out said he lifted and bulked on junk while the rest was camera angles and lighting.
Natalie Portman DID gain muscle mass for the Thor film. The tracking dots on her arms and CGI used was to make her look skinny and sick during the scenes when she had cancer. There are plenty of photos of her leading up to the film, out in public, looking muscular, as well as still looking muscular in promotional interviews. She prep'd for 10 months for the role and was proud of what she had done with her body.
You guys mentioned it briefly but the things people do right before a shoot is very important, like dropping water weight or getting a pump on; things of that nature. A lot of the times mega buff bodies aren't sustainable/healthy. So the idea is to get buff for the shoot then return back to a sustainable habit.
Competitive bodybuilders peak for a competition, & do not look like that the rest of the time. Dave Goodin, a natural pro bodybuilder, said (in "Ironman") that he stayed within a month of top condition while he was in demand so that he could do photo shoots.
Let's not forget about Bruce Lee's transformation. In the mid 1960's he added 30 pounds of muscle to his small frame. Great bodybuilders such as Lou Ferrigno, Lee Haney, Dorian Yates and Mike Mentzer all admired the physique Lee was able to craft.
Lee was awesome & had charisma. His early demise robbed our world of a fabulous talent, but we'll always have his films. He was also good in "The Green Hornet" TV series.
It’s annoys me when people give Henry for being a “not ripped nerd” now that he’s not Superman. They don’t realize that he was skinny, then slightly athletic, then BLOWN UP. I think he’s finally found a balance. Muscular and big but not trying to give 1000 veins like the Rock’s forehead.
Man of Steel wasn't the first time Henry Cavill had to get in really good shape. He was in a movie called Immortals(?) I think, and he was a lot leaner and more ripped in that one. Still pretty attainable tho. Also Nicholas Cage is another very underrated superhero shape transformation. I remember him saying he didn't wanna do it anymore after everyone thought his muscles were fake or something like that.😂
Maybe this will be a controversial opinion but I think the best version of Wolverine was Jackman in the first X-men movie. Dude was lean without looking super ripped. It really made the action stand out because you aren't expecting this (athletic but normal) guy to be ripping peoples guts out and going toe to toe against people way bigger than him. I think that's something a lot of superhero movies have lost, which is that building up these physiques so much takes away from the superpowers they are supposed to be portraying.
I wish we would've mentioned that as well. He still embodied Wolverine perfectly in that movie. The beginning segment was amazing to see in the theater, finally seeing Logan on the big screen.
9:33 you sorta skimmed the topic which i thought should be emphasized, and that is: in most of the shirtless scenes, the actors dehydrate themselves so that the skin becomes as thin as possible and sticks very closely to the muscles for better definition. it's an old bodybuilder trick before competition. they gradually decrease their water intake to the minimum level they need to... live, basically. and so, while the shredded look is impressive on screen, it's not realistically replicable for day-to-day look.
The Phantom, I was around 8 when that came out and yep, completely forgotten till you mentioned it here haha Might have to go watch it again i think. 💪
I believe Chris Evans is natural, as you say, has always been in shape. Henry Cavill, also had a good starting base and it took him a year to get into Superman shape. Hugh Jackman took YEARS to get his best physique, you can watch him get bigger each movie and he never really goes up and down size wise . Pratt really just lost fat, didn't really get big, so he definitely natty.
I don't buy Henry Cavill ever actually being fat, even if they called him "Fat Cavill" on the rugby pitch. The Brits have a different scale for "fat" that basically includes anyone with broad shoulders or a waistline more than thirty inches. Goes back to post-Blitz life in the 1950's when they were still rationing chocolate and flour. Go back to 2006 and you can find some nasty critiques of Daniel Craig's physique, and he looked tremendous.
At that point bodybuilder soldiers were classed as "obese" because their body weight didn't match the specified height on the charts the Army used. That was changed.
I don't know about Chris Evans' use of anything, but he was pretty ripped as far back as Not Another Teen Movie. Just for the record, I thought he was a great Cap for other reasons, too.
Would like to hear you do a video evaluating these physiques (or any movie physique) based on what is naturally achievable vs whether the actors did the transformation naturally. You touched on that distinction a bit when talking about the difference the transformation timeframe, but seeing you both go more into depth would be interesting
@@wrathchildrocks it’s true, there’s a lot of Natty or Not creators out there making clickbait content; however, that’s precisely why I’d like to hear the BuffDudes take on that genre-I believe they would spark a more genuine, informed conversation about the topic. I know that niche has devolved quite a bit, but one core aspect of knowing which of our goal physiques are natty achievable is a net positive
@@Jay_Coop That's true, good point actually. The only problem is people believe what they wanna believe. Plenty of guys think anyone with any form of muscle is on roids because they dont put in any effort. Then you got other youtubers who are on gear calming everyone else is as well because they themself couldn't make the cut naturally (aka platedates) I can see why Buffdudes want to stay away from the whole circus.
@@wrathchildrocks yeaah that’s valid, it’s so difficult to sort through all the posturing-and of course we’re all just guessing anyways, we don’t really know what people are/aren’t taking. MorePlatesMoreDates’ demeanor always pushed me away from his content, very condescending at times. I’d recommend MaxTaylorLifts! He’s a legend 👊
@@wrathchildrocks Tell me, did you put in the effort and do you look anywhere close tho the jacked up transformations seen here? Oh and how long did it take you and what was your baseline before you started working out?
Hugh Jackman was also a big risk to play wolverine because before that he had only really been on broadway so they didn’t think he would be a good fit for a character like wolverine. Turns out it was the best decision they could have made out of the casting options they had.
I never did get why the 1995 Phantom got so much hate. He was the first comic character, and worldwide still one of the most popular. The only thing that made since was they didn't know the character and wanted to see Batman.
Remember that the stuntdoubles are as big as them. The biggest bodybuilder has counterroles in different Marvelmovies. He is the dutch giant an is 218cm long. He is massive!!
Henry Cavill is effectively king of the nerds at this junction. He can work out for roles and do phenomenal acting, and he has such insider knowledge for so many franchises he is at odds with producers. If there is ever a warhammer live action, he would be crowned the emperor of mankind
I think Stephen Lang was in his late 50s when they shot the first Avatar movie and that guy was RIPPED. Still looks great and he's 71 now. Dunno if that counts as a movie transformation, but maybe you could do a video about older guys who managed to maintain impressive physiques next? We're all getting older every day and need to get inspiration from somewhere. :)
I remember seeing that pic of Stephen Lang and he was ripped. As soon as I saw it, I was like "please let him play Cable." I like Josh Brolin alot, but I think Lang would have been an awesome Cable.
@@nrsimmons178 Yeah Russell surprised me with how buff he was. I remember an interview he did promoting the movie, and he was asked how long he was going to keep the physique, and he said "it's already gone!" I was like noooo. I wanted to see more of him like taht.
Henry Cavils coach was also the coach for the guys on the 300 movie. He says how he likes to have a challenge with coaching Hollywood guys as “just get in shape” is boring for him. So he was told to get him in shape and then keep him in that shape for 4/5 months.
i vaguely recall seeing some interview with Chris Pratt where he mentioned the change from Parks and Rec to GoG (or maybe a military movie he did shortly before) and he basically said that getting fit was the best decision of his life
Hugh Jackman reached out to The Rock for advise. One thing he asked was he ate on cheat day. Hugh had spaghetti ice cream a hamburger. The rock said "amateur" After 150 days of eating clean, The Rock chowed down on one his most famous cheat meals, which included 21 brownies, 12 pancakes and four double dough pizzas. Some of his other indulgent treat days includes downing five pints of ice cream, six large sushi platters and eight slices of french toast with apple pie.
I know its all relative but saying chris evans is case and point of a guy who wasn't big getting big for a role, I know he packed on a lot of muscle but the guy was always physically fit (or at the very least looked it) with a good frame and had a decent amount of muscle, in fairness idk if he lifted regularly previously or was just genetically blessed, honestly as crazy as it might sound I can see him being natural for some of those films, almost certainly not the first one because of the timeline, but he seems to maintain an impressive physique year round that to me doesn't seem too crazily far away from that scene in the first avenger where he's got a massive pump... on the other hand he could just do small cycles and a few months of working out for every marvel film so yk, who knows edit: may have gotten ahead of myself... feel a bit silly that they literally just meant the film scene... my bad
I've noticed several comments complimenting Black Adam and I agree, that was a really good fun movie with some great action scenes and music, especially his introduction and the homage to the Good, Bad & Ugly. Great video, but you guys need to watch Black Adam.
I gotta say guys the list was great, but there's one guy missing from this list. Thomas Jane- "The Punisher". The first and best punisher in my opinion
Chris Evans is always been buff go take a look at not another Teen movie that came out in like 2003 He was ripped in that movie and he was also pretty ripped in fantastic four
Jackman's body work for Wolverine was epic in scale, but the water deprivation for the "ripped" scenes was truly unwise. He AND his trainers have admitted as much.
If I'm not mistaken, Christopher Reeve's rationale for gaining real muscle instead of using a padded suit was that Superman doesn't lie, and the padded suit would be a lie. That's how much he cared about the integrity of the character.
George Reeves had a padded suit for the 1950s TV series "The Adventures of Superman," but he did well because the suit didn't control his performance.
I heard that as well.
Same for billy Zane in the phantom
That's why he is the real Superman
I gotta say Henry Cavill is by far the best physique of all of them. His proportions, size, and even body hair are all perfect. His body looks sustainable and comfortable to live with too. I’d love to look like him.
He is the only natural, Chris Evans and thor are juiced up
and he's probably the only natural
@@julianrock5665 if you see his audition, he was tiny in comparison. i think hemsworth was bigger even before than he was.
@@julianrock5665evans is pretty big but hes not super lean. definitely possible that he's natural as hes been training for a long time
@@yimpyoi9808 honestly, in the first captn america, his physique looks INFERIOR even for a natural in my eyes... if i looked as bad as him i'd be embarrassed to take my shirt off at the beach...
Maybe one Addition : Brad Pitt in Troy. Most people want to look like him in Fight Club but, for me, this wa his best physic. Certainly his biggest.
Pitt beefed up for "The Lost City" (2022). He played a PT in "Burn After Reading" (2008), & his abs made him famous in "Thelma & Louise" (1991). I didn't like the stringy build he had in "Fight Club", & hated the tobacco use.
Troy isn’t a superhero movie.
@@WhyTheHorseface Achilles was literally a superhero. Almost assuredly not real but had otherworldly powers on the battlefield, save for one weakness.
@@stevenholderby6354 was Albert Einstein a superhero? Is Santa Claus a superhero? How about Jesus Christ? Was Jesus Christ a superhero? How about Tom Brady?
I remember an interview Hugh Jackman gave about filming The Wolverine in 2013. For most of the shirtless scenes, they did a lot of water restriction so he would look more ripped. In his fight scene against Sanada's character, he was so dehydrated that he was dizzy and kept accidentally stabbing Sanada with his prosthetic claws. Being pros, they got through the scene anyway. His physique is entirely possible, but is also terribly unsustainable, unhealthy, and un-fun.
Yeah entirely possible with gear. He's not natural
That is exactly what bodybuilders go through right before their contests. They are dehydrated, sleep deprived, anxious, exhausted, & starved. It is a wonder they can even walk out on the stage. But they love what they do. Jackman had to do it for a role, & he's not a bodybuilder. No wonder he hated it.
@@yippykiyay89 sure buddy. Anything to help you cope with not being able to achieve it yourself
@@imamfakhruddin1015no u simply just don’t understand. People don’t just peak in there mid 40’s that fast
@@Gymratadventures4269 he's not even that big. The way he looks in that scene is heavily reinforced from tricks like dehydration, lighting, skin tone and camera angles
Superman was trained by Darth Vader.
Oh wow I just made that connection! Haha that's awesome.
Came here to say similar. Prowse was also a bouncer in Bristol nightclubs back in the day. He got properly fucked over by Lucasfilm
@@buffdudes And the Phantom is a great film!
Or Frankenstein
Prowse has the small role of Julian, a guard & strong-arm man, in "A Clockwork Orange" (1971). He has a little dialogue & he's pumping iron in one scene.
I have been watching you Buff dudes for over 10-11 years now, always your videos inspire me, and always put a smile on my face! Love all your hard work, I nominate you as the best physique compared to the Hollywood guys, because you are real, and you do everything on your own, No chef, No millions of dollars poured on you to achieve what you achieved! Huge respect to Josh of you 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
We need a part 2! So fun watching you guys talk about this and lay out facts
As an extension of your recent video of how action films like "Predator" inspired you & got you to the gym, this video is awesome. I watched every second of it. I didn't always have the same take on things that you do--for instance, I think AAS has a central role in the quick transformations actors have made, Gerard Butler in "Gamer" (2009), for one. I agree that some of these builds are achievable naturally, but it takes a lot longer than three months to do it.
I actually liked the "transformation" of Tobey Maguire in the first (and best 😅) spiderman movie. Was a fun scene in front of the mirror and himself being surprised.
Else Evans impressed me quite hard. Especially cause of the scene in where Hayley Atwell couldn't resist touching 😅
Agree, infact I was expecting that in the list..😁
Oh yeah! That one’s a classic
The buff dudes should have their own superhero movie💪🏻
Over the years, the Dudes have done a lot of things on TH-cam that are basically the equivalent.
Expendables?
13:20 - Chris Hemsworth had been training a lot around that time because he was supposed to be playing Hulk Hogan in a movie about him. I dont know if the movie ever happened, but the physique he had in Thor Love & Thunder was because of that. Reportedly he put on so much mass that his stunt double had trouble keeping up!
Same thing happened to Hemsworth in the 3rd Thor film. He kept outgrowing his costume, & was told not to get bigger. The untitled Hulk Hogan film is in development hell, & likely will never be made, given the health issues Hemsworth is facing.
I love the rant at the end just came about your view on films😂😂. After hearing your actual thoughts I could listen to you guys all day about film review.and you hit the nail on the head with how films are going now.well done for your honesty
"Thor: Love & Thunder" (2022) was worth seeing. For me the best parts concerned Gorr & his daughter, & Dr. Jane Foster's cancer. Those plot lines cross in the final scene w/ dramatic power. Many of Gorr's scenes hit the cutting room floor. Taika Waititi delivered a four-hour cut, & Disney cut it to two hours, including a ten-minute credits crawl & end-credits teaser. We saw half of the film, in other words. No wonder it was an incoherent jumble. (It's possible the other two hours were the same.)
Hey guys, body transformation to have added: Russell Crowe for Gladiator. He'd just come off of The Insider, playing an overweight tobacco executive and 2 weeks after wrapping began preparing to become Maximus. In a Rolling Stone interview, he even stated how impossible it was for him to maintain that body after not having the trainer, the chef, the time.
Buff Dudes reviewing movies? I didn't know I wanted it, but now I need it!
These are think pieces more than they are reviews, which are more detailed & require training in film history & knowledge of film terms (such as a snap zoom, where a camera quickly moves in on or away from something being filmed--see "whip zoom" on Wikipedia). That is, it requires those things if you want to be a good film reviewer. Most of the wannabes on TH-cam who claim to be reviewers aren't. & the Dudes don't claim to be reviewers.
The way Henry Cavill adds/subtracts body muscle is amazing. His body transformations from Theseus (Immortals) to Superman (Man of Steel) and Gerald (The Witcher) are astounding. Between these iconic characters, he drops the weight for roles where he looks like a normal large human.
There is a clip on youtube I've watch many times with Christopher Reeve talking about getting cast as Superman. He said he wore a massive oversized sweater to the audition to hide what a stringbean he was. But then yeah, he put in the work to build up the physique himself rather than use a padded suit. And no steroids, as he specifically says in the clip. Legend!
Not sure why that's legend. I agree, Reeve was clean in his films. Arnold was not. Director Richard Fleischer asked him to "put on more muscles" for "Conan the Destroyer." He put on 10 pounds of muscle in short order. Wonder how he did that. ("Arnold: An Unauthorized Biography" by Wendy Leigh, 1990, p. 202)
Arnold has admitted that everyone was taking 'roids back in the day, but not to the crazy excess that lifters are consuming now.
I think both Antman and Ironman looked great even if they didn’t look crazy impressive. Very realistic, obtainable healthy muscular physiques.
I had heard somewhere that they padded Paul Rudd's suit for Antman, but he got in such good shape they ended up taking a lot of the padding out.
@@perriponders289 depends on genetics the time needed to reach that physique, ectos probably Need a lot more Time.
Love you guys and your passion and enthusiasm for health and wellness and honesty!!! ❤😊
My favorite Henry Cavill and Hugh Jackman also Ryan Reynolds in Deadpool and Josh Brolin as Cable 💪
Yes! Totally agree, Josh worked out hard, and he's an older chap- so more challenging
Cristian Bale in the dark knight was the spark that got me working out more. Guy looked a tank in that movie. Greetings to you guys from Aruba.
Henry Cavills physique in the specific clip you had in this video was my motivation for years, I wanted to look just like that. I'm happy to say I've succeeded and even gotten bigger than that, naturally as well, but that will forever be kind of my ideal physique. It's a build that appears to boast both incredible strength as well as athleticism. I'd absolutely love to look like Hugh did at his peak but I just don't have that in me lmao.
Hemsworth was also bulking up for a biopic about Hulk Hogan, that’s one of the reasons he looked so much bigger in Thor Love and Thunder.
You could’ve also included Ben Affleck, for his bulking up to play Batman in the Snyder DC movies
Affleck did bulk up, but he wore a padded suit most of the time so I don't know if it counts.
@@bbqR0ADK1LL watch the training scenes from BvS, he put on a sh!t load of muscle for that role
@@fordmangtho351unfortunately, not all the shots were Afleck. He had a body double for that scene.
On the topic of steroids I agree a lot of the end physiques can be achieved naturally e.g. Evans as captain America that’s a completely attainable physique. But that doesn’t mean they were achieved naturally, it’s all about the timeframe they made these transformations in that makes it so clear steroids were used. It’s the people like Evans and Cavill who maintain their realistically attainable physiques between movies that I believe are natural they don’t go from nothing to 2-3 years natty lifting progress in a few months
That's true
F/X (or CGI) is standard & constant for films these days, & the actors' bodies we see are often visually altered from what they filmed on a green or blue screen. The CGI teams can age or de-age an actor, & do the equivalent of plastic surgery on the face & body. In fact, plastic surgery is also probably used for some actors in some films. (Plastic surgery can be reversed at times, such as in chest or breast implants.)
@@hifrommike2120 while you are correct cgi is used to enhance a physique alongside, pump, lighting etc none of that would explain the huge short term muscle growth you see in behind the scenes footage, promotional content such as men’s health “x celebrity workout” and paparazzi photos. And it also wouldn’t explain how their 4 stuntmen also put on that much size in the same timeframe despite genetic differences. It’s a simple truth most of Hollywood is using gear, I don’t blame them people clearly want to see those physiques on screen I just wish they were honest about it
@@user-ns3vs3bp3e Actors cannot admit to breaking state & federal laws prohibiting the non-medical use of AAS. Steroids are controlled in every US state, & also federally. Actors & trainers could be arrested, & the companies sued for fraud (like the lawsuits over Milli Vanilli). "The first law of Fight Club is you don't talk about Fight Club."
absolutely no way Evans and even more so Jackman are natural
There is something so special about Superman 1 and 2 with Christopher Reeve. He represented everything you wish a superhero would be in real life. It's older, but man...those two films are special.
Great films with solid scripts, casting, special effects, production design, & characters you can care about. One trick that Disney figured out early on is you have to make the villains/bad guys striking, even if they're horrible people (or creatures). Benicio Del Toro as the Collector in "Guardians of the Galaxy" (2014) is a good example of that.
Excellent video as usual, it would be awesome if you guys would do full on reviews to movies, music , TV shows and Video Games .
Thank you guys for this video 💪🏻💙
Tobey Maguire for Spiderman was the first big superhero transformation I remember (I was aware of Christopher Reeve's transformation at the time, and Wesley Snipes was built like that anyway).
You forgot Linda Hamilton in T2. That was an impressive transformation!!
Ummm T2 isn’t a superhero film 😂
It might as well be.
Reeves wasn't the blue print.... He was a blue and red blue print
You missed Kumail Nanjiani who blew up the internet when he showed his transformation for the Eternals. Went from computer nerd to Marvel superhero.
That was totally natural, no doubt in my mind ;)
I think 'blew up the internet' is an exaggeration. Most people have no idea who or what you're on about, and hardly anyone watched the Eternals.
What a horrible horrible movie.
I like Stephen Amell Physique in arrow, not only because of looks, but the athleticism, the videos of him training parkour are impressive, also some calisthenics in there too, the muscle-ups, the salmon leader, one arm pushups etc... The fact that he learned parkour for the show is amazing, so that's my favorite superhero Physique
A lot of Hugh Jackman was leanness. If you watch the first X-men movie, he was in good shape. But it was something that could be maintained. That super level of lean just isn't something you could maintain.
Finally someone else that is being honest and admit that actors are on talking stuff to be in shape for movies.
New video idea, doing the Mike Mentzer training routine for a month. I've been doing the routine, training till failure 2 times per week, upper body and lower body, 20-30 minute workouts two times per week. I'd love to see a video from y'all about that.
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I really enjoy how peoples opinions differ for many of the films that were mentioned. I personally enjoyed both Thor: L+T, and Black Adam, not saying stories needed more work but still not as bad as critically acclaimed.
Incredible body transformations for some of these films, would be interesting to see if you could do the same with video games, and the live action films comparison etc.
As always, love your stuff
Stay Buff 💪🏼
They weren't the best movies but they were very enjoyable, which is usually what I want when I go to the movies. I would love to see more of Black Adam, the rock is great as usual.
5:32 I don't think Chris Evans had to bulk up all that much. If you see him in Not Another Teen Movie and Fantastic Four 1 & 2... He's pretty chiseled. And then look at him in Scott Pilgrim vs The World. Chris doesn't take his shirt off, but he looks bigger than the previous three movies.
Also The Loosers. He'd built his upper body quite big by then.
@@washposthero Agreed. His physical condition in the role of Jensen in "The Losers" (2010) startled me. It's a much better film than its rep.
@@washposthero Right. I completely forgot that one.
Only those two from the entire fitness industry believe that Hugh Jackman achieved everything naturally
Whether he is or not, it's totally achievable within a 14 year period of training (2000-2014) to look like he did in Days of Future Past.
@@buffdudes at that age? I doubt it. He was on trt at least I think
I just saw this film in 4K & was startled at his appearance. The only actor I have seen in a film with that amount of bodyfat (i.e., none) was Jessica Simpson in the 2005 film "The Dukes of Hazzard." I gasped when I saw her.
@@buffdudesIf we eat 15k calories like him, we all can make it! 😁 (watched that video of yours, too)
I'm with the Buff Dudes on this one. Sustainable? Probably not. Achievable? Totally. But not easy!
I remember watching Man of Steel when it released and joining my older brother in this old school gym in our town! I had no clue back then so I only trained upperbody for months haha!
Great video as always dudes! You should review female actors who have bulked up aswell! Remember to include Linda Hamilton in Terminator 2! ;)
Thomas Jane also had a perfect physique when he took on The Punisher
The worst thing anyone can do is compare yourself to others. Motivation is good to get started working out. Stick to clean eating sleep and consistent working out. That's the best way to go. Great video
You know it's a great day when the Buff Dudes post a review!
Damn! I forgot Billy Zane was so jacked in the phantom!
I really enjoy how much you two know about the movies. Really fun conversation.
The Phantom was awesome in all its cheesiness.....and Billy Zane. ❤
I agree, Billy Zane is underrated.... Well maybe not but I like him.
Or Rob McElhenney for Always Sunny in Philadelphia? There's that interview for GQ(?) where he honestly breaks down what someone would have to do to look like he did for the show: the act that he was paid to do it PLUS the cost of that investment. A real eye opener.
Great video. I would like to see a part 2. I suggest Michael b jordan, Tom holland and Tobey Mcguire for a few
Hemsworth was in a movie called Perfect Getaway in which he had a very skinny, surfer body so to see his transformation into Thor, especially the last couple movies, is insane
well it wasn't achieved naturally so no surprise
You guys should check out Kurt Russell, physique in Soldier, it was done naturally and he looks awesome!!!
My fave characters he played were Snake Plissken in "Escape from New York" (1981) & Colonel Jack O'Neal in "Stargate" (1994).
It took him a year.
Three people on that list are without any second of a doubt on PEDs: Chris Hemsworth, Huge Jackedman and Dwayne Johnson. The last two are past the age where musclegrowth of that speed and size isnt possible without the extra juice.
Also I dont blame them, they do what is required. But transparancy is the keyword missing here because without it, people may actually think that they can achieve the same thing natural.
@@DanHammarstrom I hate fake natties, but what i hate most is that they post those insane "workout routines" and the diets with like 10k calories and people believe it... crazy.
Chris Evans was on PEDS. Idk about Cavil, Pratt or Snipes.
Also, one guy that I think makes a good example of body transformations is Robert Downey Jr; he was reasonably fit from martial arts training but through old-school lifting he got into tank top shape for Iron Man, then slimmed down for Sherlock Holmes, then had to get the muscle back for Iron Man 2. I believe he threatened suicide (hopefully in jest) if he had to do another traditional bench press or squat, so his trainer came up with more bodyweight and odd lifts to shock his body back into size and keep it interesting.
These guys have the most expensive trainers/nutritionists for their role prep. It likely costs hundreds of thousands of dollars. Downey can afford it. He made nearly $50 million for each of the last few Marvel movies he starred in. & Marvel might have paid that bill.
Eye-opening article about the trend for Hollywood stars getting massive for roles - Building a Bigger Action Hero by Logan Hill
Also shines a light on the darker aspect for the actors (and the stunt doubles) having to get and maintain such a peck level of body
Agreed. The Screen Actors Guild has had an award for "Outstanding Performance by a stunt ensemble for a Motion Picture" since 2007. The most recent winner: "Top Gun: Maverick" (2022).
Chris Pratt has mentioned that the heavyset guy that he naturally falls back to really misses the bad diet and sticking to his MCU ordered diet was the hardest part for him.
Chris Evans is absolutely real he was already kinda muscular and hes tall. The scene of the transformation in the movie he said many times he got a big pump for that scene
Tom Hardy as Bane was sadly overlooked
For sure, can't believe they didn't talk about this! He's so huge in that movie but in such beefy bulky way, definitely achievable
Or his role in The Warrior
Bane is a villain
Look up interviews with Hardy. He wasn't huge. 195 lbs at 5 foot 9 inches. He flat out said he lifted and bulked on junk while the rest was camera angles and lighting.
lmao, "We got to see his ass!"
Wolverine ass truly is something to behold.
Great list!!!
Henry Cavill in MoS is #1 in my book. Just, god damn.
The squats paid off. 😄 Yes, love how there's lots of training footage of Henry as well. Awesome motivation. 💪
Natalie Portman DID gain muscle mass for the Thor film. The tracking dots on her arms and CGI used was to make her look skinny and sick during the scenes when she had cancer.
There are plenty of photos of her leading up to the film, out in public, looking muscular, as well as still looking muscular in promotional interviews.
She prep'd for 10 months for the role and was proud of what she had done with her body.
Seconded. She worked her ass off and looked amazing.
Movie was trash and she had CGI muscles.
@@kevint1196 the movie being trash is subjective. Her muscles were not. Please read up on it.
You guys mentioned it briefly but the things people do right before a shoot is very important, like dropping water weight or getting a pump on; things of that nature. A lot of the times mega buff bodies aren't sustainable/healthy. So the idea is to get buff for the shoot then return back to a sustainable habit.
Competitive bodybuilders peak for a competition, & do not look like that the rest of the time. Dave Goodin, a natural pro bodybuilder, said (in "Ironman") that he stayed within a month of top condition while he was in demand so that he could do photo shoots.
Let's not forget about Bruce Lee's transformation. In the mid 1960's he added 30 pounds of muscle to his small frame. Great bodybuilders such as Lou Ferrigno, Lee Haney, Dorian Yates and Mike Mentzer all admired the physique Lee was able to craft.
Lee was awesome & had charisma. His early demise robbed our world of a fabulous talent, but we'll always have his films. He was also good in "The Green Hornet" TV series.
30 pounds? That was what his full body weight!
He went from 130 to 160 pounds. For him, 30 pounds was 23% gain in a body weight, all rock-hard muscle.
It’s annoys me when people give Henry for being a “not ripped nerd” now that he’s not Superman. They don’t realize that he was skinny, then slightly athletic, then BLOWN UP. I think he’s finally found a balance. Muscular and big but not trying to give 1000 veins like the Rock’s forehead.
Great video, great hangout!
Man of Steel wasn't the first time Henry Cavill had to get in really good shape. He was in a movie called Immortals(?) I think, and he was a lot leaner and more ripped in that one. Still pretty attainable tho. Also Nicholas Cage is another very underrated superhero shape transformation. I remember him saying he didn't wanna do it anymore after everyone thought his muscles were fake or something like that.😂
Love working out! Make it fun is the way to go and find what works best for you. Thanks Buff Dudes!!
Maybe this will be a controversial opinion but I think the best version of Wolverine was Jackman in the first X-men movie. Dude was lean without looking super ripped. It really made the action stand out because you aren't expecting this (athletic but normal) guy to be ripping peoples guts out and going toe to toe against people way bigger than him. I think that's something a lot of superhero movies have lost, which is that building up these physiques so much takes away from the superpowers they are supposed to be portraying.
I wish we would've mentioned that as well. He still embodied Wolverine perfectly in that movie. The beginning segment was amazing to see in the theater, finally seeing Logan on the big screen.
Jackman was awesome in every film in which he played Wolverine, not just for his striking appearance & F/X. He can act.
@@hifrommike2120yes!
harrison ford in temple of doom is a similar physique, good looking, lean, but still normal, not that much emphasis on aesthetics
Exactly.
I know most of these transformations aren’t natty, but my favorite was definitely Jackman in The Wolverine and DOFP. Second would be Evans.
I still don't know how you two have not shown up on a movie set. Peak anglo, peak acting personalities/looks
9:33 you sorta skimmed the topic which i thought should be emphasized, and that is: in most of the shirtless scenes, the actors dehydrate themselves so that the skin becomes as thin as possible and sticks very closely to the muscles for better definition. it's an old bodybuilder trick before competition. they gradually decrease their water intake to the minimum level they need to... live, basically. and so, while the shredded look is impressive on screen, it's not realistically replicable for day-to-day look.
You know what also makes your skin thinner? :)
There's a lot of really good pics of Reeve while he was working out. Dude looked great
Great video guys! 👏
The Phantom, I was around 8 when that came out and yep, completely forgotten till you mentioned it here haha Might have to go watch it again i think. 💪
Chris Evan's muscular physique was real; they had to use CGI to fabricate the body mass of a pre-transformed Steve Rogers.
Add also a lot of Power for the macchine a line in the film specifically indicates that Will Need a lot of Energy
I think you might have left out Bat-Fleck. He was huge in Batman vs Superman.
Great video guys. Thanks
I believe Chris Evans is natural, as you say, has always been in shape. Henry Cavill, also had a good starting base and it took him a year to get into Superman shape. Hugh Jackman took YEARS to get his best physique, you can watch him get bigger each movie and he never really goes up and down size wise . Pratt really just lost fat, didn't really get big, so he definitely natty.
I don't buy Henry Cavill ever actually being fat, even if they called him "Fat Cavill" on the rugby pitch. The Brits have a different scale for "fat" that basically includes anyone with broad shoulders or a waistline more than thirty inches. Goes back to post-Blitz life in the 1950's when they were still rationing chocolate and flour. Go back to 2006 and you can find some nasty critiques of Daniel Craig's physique, and he looked tremendous.
At that point bodybuilder soldiers were classed as "obese" because their body weight didn't match the specified height on the charts the Army used. That was changed.
I don't know about Chris Evans' use of anything, but he was pretty ripped as far back as Not Another Teen Movie. Just for the record, I thought he was a great Cap for other reasons, too.
Would like to hear you do a video evaluating these physiques (or any movie physique) based on what is naturally achievable vs whether the actors did the transformation naturally. You touched on that distinction a bit when talking about the difference the transformation timeframe, but seeing you both go more into depth would be interesting
Plenty of youtubers out there doing that already for easy clicks. 'Natty or not ' is pathetic. Its a good thing buffdudes stay away from all that tbh.
@@wrathchildrocks it’s true, there’s a lot of Natty or Not creators out there making clickbait content; however, that’s precisely why I’d like to hear the BuffDudes take on that genre-I believe they would spark a more genuine, informed conversation about the topic. I know that niche has devolved quite a bit, but one core aspect of knowing which of our goal physiques are natty achievable is a net positive
@@Jay_Coop That's true, good point actually. The only problem is people believe what they wanna believe. Plenty of guys think anyone with any form of muscle is on roids because they dont put in any effort.
Then you got other youtubers who are on gear calming everyone else is as well because they themself couldn't make the cut naturally (aka platedates)
I can see why Buffdudes want to stay away from the whole circus.
@@wrathchildrocks yeaah that’s valid, it’s so difficult to sort through all the posturing-and of course we’re all just guessing anyways, we don’t really know what people are/aren’t taking. MorePlatesMoreDates’ demeanor always pushed me away from his content, very condescending at times. I’d recommend MaxTaylorLifts! He’s a legend 👊
@@wrathchildrocks Tell me, did you put in the effort and do you look anywhere close tho the jacked up transformations seen here? Oh and how long did it take you and what was your baseline before you started working out?
Hugh Jackman was also a big risk to play wolverine because before that he had only really been on broadway so they didn’t think he would be a good fit for a character like wolverine. Turns out it was the best decision they could have made out of the casting options they had.
I never did get why the 1995 Phantom got so much hate. He was the first comic character, and worldwide still one of the most popular. The only thing that made since was they didn't know the character and wanted to see Batman.
It's not that good movie. It looks great but everything else could've been much better.
Came here for some physique critique, stayed for the analysis of modern superhero films
Cool video guys!
Remember that the stuntdoubles are as big as them. The biggest bodybuilder has counterroles in different Marvelmovies. He is the dutch giant an is 218cm long. He is massive!!
Henry Cavill is effectively king of the nerds at this junction. He can work out for roles and do phenomenal acting, and he has such insider knowledge for so many franchises he is at odds with producers.
If there is ever a warhammer live action, he would be crowned the emperor of mankind
I think Stephen Lang was in his late 50s when they shot the first Avatar movie and that guy was RIPPED. Still looks great and he's 71 now. Dunno if that counts as a movie transformation, but maybe you could do a video about older guys who managed to maintain impressive physiques next? We're all getting older every day and need to get inspiration from somewhere. :)
Loved the look and Lang's acting! I totally agree on an older actor physique maintenance, or transformation, like Kurt Russell in Soldier!
I remember seeing that pic of Stephen Lang and he was ripped. As soon as I saw it, I was like "please let him play Cable." I like Josh Brolin alot, but I think Lang would have been an awesome Cable.
@@nrsimmons178 Yeah Russell surprised me with how buff he was. I remember an interview he did promoting the movie, and he was asked how long he was going to keep the physique, and he said "it's already gone!" I was like noooo. I wanted to see more of him like taht.
Henry Cavils coach was also the coach for the guys on the 300 movie.
He says how he likes to have a challenge with coaching Hollywood guys as “just get in shape” is boring for him. So he was told to get him in shape and then keep him in that shape for 4/5 months.
Hemsworths muscles were enhanced by CGI in the last Thor movie. As we're Ben afflecks in batman v superman
i vaguely recall seeing some interview with Chris Pratt where he mentioned the change from Parks and Rec to GoG (or maybe a military movie he did shortly before) and he basically said that getting fit was the best decision of his life
16:55 The Rock also will grow an extra finger on his right hand! (pic on the right) LOL
Hugh Jackman reached out to The Rock for advise. One thing he asked was he ate on cheat day. Hugh had spaghetti ice cream a hamburger. The rock said "amateur" After 150 days of eating clean, The Rock chowed down on one his most famous cheat meals, which included 21 brownies, 12 pancakes and four double dough pizzas. Some of his other indulgent treat days includes downing five pints of ice cream, six large sushi platters and eight slices of french toast with apple pie.
Ryan Reynolds in blade 3 was a pretty decent physique for a superhero film!
It is funny hudson that you fell asleep on that thor movie because i fell asleep too haha..it is true what you said about that movie..
I want to mention Tobey Maguire from the 2001 Spiderman movie. Dude got super cut and built such a great Spiderman physique
I know its all relative but saying chris evans is case and point of a guy who wasn't big getting big for a role, I know he packed on a lot of muscle but the guy was always physically fit (or at the very least looked it) with a good frame and had a decent amount of muscle, in fairness idk if he lifted regularly previously or was just genetically blessed, honestly as crazy as it might sound I can see him being natural for some of those films, almost certainly not the first one because of the timeline, but he seems to maintain an impressive physique year round that to me doesn't seem too crazily far away from that scene in the first avenger where he's got a massive pump... on the other hand he could just do small cycles and a few months of working out for every marvel film so yk, who knows
edit: may have gotten ahead of myself... feel a bit silly that they literally just meant the film scene... my bad
How are they qualified to judge Superheroes
I've noticed several comments complimenting Black Adam and I agree, that was a really good fun movie with some great action scenes and music, especially his introduction and the homage to the Good, Bad & Ugly. Great video, but you guys need to watch Black Adam.
Ben Affleck in Batman v Superman
Not a typical superhero film, but another one I'll mention is James McAvoy in Glass.
I gotta say guys the list was great, but there's one guy missing from this list. Thomas Jane- "The Punisher". The first and best punisher in my opinion
I also liked Jane's Punisher. Dolph Lundgren's Punisher was cool too for how early that movie came out.
Chris Evans is always been buff go take a look at not another Teen movie that came out in like 2003
He was ripped in that movie and he was also pretty ripped in fantastic four
I think Ben Affleck as Batman should be on this list without a doubt.
Jackman's body work for Wolverine was epic in scale, but the water deprivation for the "ripped" scenes was truly unwise. He AND his trainers have admitted as much.
I was hoping to see the rebooted Hell Boy guy - his transformation was great. He's also naturally a bigger/taller fella!
Ryan Reynolds in Blade 3 is an honourable mention