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| Posted on Saturday April 11, 2009, 00:15 by hollywooodgoldenage |
i kept clicking, waiting for edward norton's photo in American History X to materialise, what happened Empire ? Read More
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| Posted on Friday April 3, 2009, 21:16 by louwa |
Mickey Rourke did Roids!! You can tell by his finger nails. The obvous one empire should have put in here is Ed Norton in American History X Read More
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| 3 | RE: Nic Cage |
| Posted on Tuesday March 24, 2009, 23:22 by JoeyPottr |
Just know what I read, I beg to differ with you, just look at Mickey Rourke in The Wrestler, protein shakes, vitamins, you can do it, I know people who have, it's NOT hard to do. Read More
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| 4 | RE: Nic Cage |
| Posted on Saturday March 21, 2009, 09:31 by Drone |
L: JoeyPottr
Colin Farrell had to put on 30 pounds of muscle for Alexander and 20 pounds of muscle for Miami Vice
Robert Downey, Jr. had to put on 20 pounds of muscle for Iron Man
Orlando Bloom has to put on 20 pounds of muscle for Kingdom of Heaven
Brad Pitt had to put on 30 pounds of muscle for Troy
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Hahaha,
Let me stop you there - this is a tremendous joke in the bodybuilding community; for the record these actors put on nowhere NEAR that amount of muscle. And certainly without steroids. Weight maybe, although highly unlikely without enhancement, but muscle no.
The most genetically gifted, "natural" bodybuilders on the planet struggle to put on a few pounds of soild muscle every year with persistent hard work, training, dedication, extreme dieting and depletion, and supplementation. Stating 20, 30, 40 pounds over the short period these guys do it is nonsense, no matter how many personal trainers they emply, hours they Read More
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| 5 | Cruiser |
| Posted on Friday March 20, 2009, 16:35 by kurum |
Watched Mission: Impossible (first one) again recently, did Tom Cruise bulk up for the role of Ethan Hunt? He didn't used to be so buff. Read More
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| 6 | RE: Nic Cage |
| Posted on Friday March 20, 2009, 15:40 by shool |
L: kurum
How about Nic Cage in Con Air?
hat about Nic cage in kiss of death. Now that is bulking up.
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| 7 | RE: Reign of Fire |
| Posted on Friday March 20, 2009, 13:41 by lympo |
How about John Travolta? He added a few pounds on after Grease to suit his role in Pulp Fiction. him, I want to give him a big hug. Read More
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| 8 | Reign of Fire |
| Posted on Thursday March 19, 2009, 14:58 by kurum |
How about Matthew McConaghey in Reign of Fire? Read More
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| 9 | Re: Hugh Jackman |
| Posted on Thursday March 19, 2009, 13:23 by roundeyeblues |
Not that I'm presuming to know more than Empire but I'm pretty sure that Hugh Jackman first appeared as Wolverine (X-Men 2000) before he did either Swordfish (2001) or Van Helsing (2004). Read More
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| 10 | Eric Bana |
| Posted on Thursday March 19, 2009, 09:38 by LarsOrders |
Chopper, nuff said Read More
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| 11 | RE: Nic Cage |
| Posted on Thursday March 19, 2009, 01:48 by JoeyPottr |
Colin Farrell had to put on 30 pounds of muscle for Alexander and 20 pounds of muscle for Miami Vice
Robert Downey, Jr. had to put on 20 pounds of muscle for Iron Man
Orlando Bloom has to put on 20 pounds of muscle for Kingdom of Heaven
Brad Pitt had to put on 30 pounds of muscle for Troy Read More
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| 12 | Nic Cage |
| Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2009, 23:16 by kurum |
How about Nic Cage in Con Air? Read More
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| 13 | Ryan Reynolds |
| Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2009, 18:07 by sowasred2012 |
Check him in Two Guys And A Girl, then check him in Blade: Trinity. He's probably the only person in the world who actually benefited in any way from that movie. Read More
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| Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2009, 14:03 by talltom |
What? No Jason Scott Lee? Granted in Dragon he was pretty ripped to play Bruce Lee but he was barely recognisable as the bulked (hulked?) up super soldier in Soldier!!! Read More
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| 15 | Ed Norton |
| Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2009, 13:07 by AboyNamedSue |
In American History X - he was fucking huge Read More
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| 16 | some better examples...i think |
| Posted on Wednesday March 18, 2009, 11:56 by cksunshine |
Charlie Sheen in 'Hot Shots Part Deux' is such a good example, the man is huge! Ryan Reynolds is ridiculous in Amityville Horror, Will Smith is so ripped in I Am Legend and Jake Gyllenhaal was much more impressive in Jarhead Read More
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| 17 | Charlie Sheen |
| Posted on Tuesday March 17, 2009, 21:59 by The Prodigy |
Just thought of another one - Charlie Sheen in 'Hot Shots Part Deux'. Read More
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| 18 | Robert De Niro |
| Posted on Tuesday March 17, 2009, 12:54 by Nick Morrey |
Having been hailed as a great actor for simply sneering at himself in a mirror, De Niro became truly scary in the remake of Cape Fear. Having watched his rippling tattoos whilst doing dips in prison, no-one questioned his stamina to cling on to the underside of a car for hours before wreaking his revenge on the hapless family boat. Read More
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| 19 | Keanu Reeves |
| Posted on Tuesday March 17, 2009, 01:17 by Steelsheen |
before Christian Bale did the unbelievable scrawny-to-brawny regime, Keanu did it first when he did Little Buddha then went to do Speed right after. Read More
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| 20 | Chris Farley. |
| Posted on Monday March 16, 2009, 20:50 by keyzersaulsie |
Little known fact* was that Chris Farley and David Spade were actually the same person. They'd shoot all the Spade scenes first, then he'd work out (pizza, cake, pizza, cake, peace of... nevermind) and shoot the Farley scenes afterwards. Digital editing allowed both takes to be incorporated as one scene. David Spade then got offered sitcom "Just Shoot Me" and stopped the Farley show by faking his death.
*This is not fact. Read More
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| Posted on Monday March 16, 2009, 17:47 by jeffamania |
Christopher Reeve for superman - big miss coz he did that back early in the day when getting bulked for a role was unheard of.
all minor shout out to Brandon Routh for returns
Sly got ripped big time for Rocky 3
Will Smith for I am Legend - his regime incl strenous work outs whilst starving himself and undergoing sleep depreviation
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| 22 | Amercian History X |
| Posted on Monday March 16, 2009, 17:11 by kurum |
You seem to have forgotten about Ed Norton's transition from scrawny murderer Aaron Stampler in Primal Fear to bulked-up human tank Derek Vinyard in American History X. Read More
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| 23 | Don't forget Christian Bale again |
| Posted on Monday March 16, 2009, 16:18 by The Liberator |
He's a bit of a masochist. He also buffed up for American Psycho and that dragon film, the one with Matthew McConaughey. In fact you can add MM to the list as well for that and Sahara... Read More
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| 24 | Steroids... |
| Posted on Monday March 16, 2009, 14:28 by magnusbarfod |
...clearly helped Bale... Read More
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| Posted on Monday March 16, 2009, 10:28 by Merc |
I was also thinkin of Ed norton for AMX, surely he had to be in the list! Read More
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| 26 | Ed Norton? |
| Posted on Monday March 16, 2009, 01:33 by Bobby1975 |
I think the Uma Thurman one was well a stretch in this category! But what about Edward Norton in American History X? Norton naturally is a complete bag of bones but in that he became a Nietzchean superman! Read More
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| 27 | You forgot.... |
| Posted on Sunday March 15, 2009, 21:08 by SarahRaRaRa |
I just realised that you forgot that Taylor Lautner put on over 26 pounds to reprise his role in the Twilight Saga. Read More
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| 28 | Rob DeNiro |
| Posted on Sunday March 15, 2009, 18:02 by durelius |
Yep I was thinking of DeNiro as well Raging Bull and Cape Fear.
Bale is quite amazing you have to admire the dedication to the role all these actors have given. Read More
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| 29 | Edward Norton - American History X |
| Posted on Sunday March 15, 2009, 13:45 by cipollini |
I can't believe that the above film has not been included. Norton was really beefed up for American History X. Read More
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| 30 | My candidate is actor David Morse |
| Posted on Sunday March 15, 2009, 05:08 by socialtalker |
my candidate is actor David Morse, but many english folks wont know him very well. but he went from a tall but scrawny, lanky wimp on the 80's hospital show St Elsewhere, to the tall and big sexy beast of The Negociator(where he literally splits the screen in two in one or two shots), The Green Mile and the Crossing Guard. its weird, for decades, i had seen his performances and ignored him physically because the st elsewhere rape scene was burned in my mind unconsciously and i always saw him as the tall skinny wimp, it was only after getting the movie The Negociator and watching it repeatedly did i finally notice that body! i mean SHAZAM! it was like that! plus he has a graceful way of moving. Read More
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| 31 | Where's Adam West? |
| Posted on Saturday March 14, 2009, 20:12 by Sober |
Just kidding...but surely the number 1 buffed up actor should be Christopher Reeve for Superman The Movie?
Not only did it create the template that all the new wave of Super hero's have used as their model, but Reeve playing the titular role was a scrawny theatre thesp who got the main role in a multi million dollar production...and pulled it off with effortless aplomb - without a plastic muscle suit in sight. Read More
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| Posted on Saturday March 14, 2009, 12:08 by Eva226 |
Since this list doesn't include Edward Norton for American History X, I can't take it seriously!! Read More
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| 33 | RE: Buffed Up Actors |
| Posted on Saturday March 14, 2009, 10:04 by The Prodigy |
Off the top of my head: -
Robert De Niro in 'Cape Fear'.
Edward Norton and Brad Pitt in 'Fight Club'.
Nicolas Cage in 'Con Air'.
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| 34 | Love That! |
| Posted on Saturday March 14, 2009, 09:38 by joanna likes films |
Whoa, getting hot here! Too many hot guys in a space of minutes, I felt giddy and exicted at the same time. There could've been more but they were fine enough with ten, though I don't fancy women. My faves are Hugh Jackman (nice!), Jake Gyllenhaal (whoa!) Daniel Craig (yum) and Gerard Butler (OMG!) Thank you Empire for showing this, it has majorly cheered me up. Hee-hee! Read More
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| 35 | RE: Rourke! |
| Posted on Saturday March 14, 2009, 01:36 by eddye88 |
That no-ones mentioned:
Temuera Morrison for Once Were Warriors
Aamir Khan for Ghajini (sp??)
And i agree on basically all suggestions. Maguire is pretty good with wieght, the difference between spiderman & seabiscuit is impressive.
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| 36 | Rourke! |
| Posted on Friday March 13, 2009, 23:19 by monkeyhumour |
WTF? The Wrestler has got to be one of the most dedicated mucle gains in history!
Not to mention Ed Norton for American History X and Raging bull with De Niro! Read More
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| 37 | Can't beat Hamilton........... |
| Posted on Friday March 13, 2009, 21:34 by skiptotheend |
Ok so Bale is by far the most extreme (from one to the other) but for my money you just can't beat Linda Hamilton's transformation from T1 to T2. Not just physically but in performance also. The amazing thing is that as different as she is in the two movies it still feels completely like the same character. Very underrated actress. Should've been much bigger if only every offer after T2 was a clone of what she just did. Read More
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| 38 | Hmmmm... |
| Posted on Friday March 13, 2009, 20:20 by Ricky Grabriel Bird |
I always look into the workouts of the celebs that bulk up and its seem like that dont even know what they did themselves apart from Jackman and Butler. Google for any workout routines done by Ryan Reynolds for Blade3 and its seems like he was pretty clueless during it.
I wonder how many guys were on steroids during their 'bulk up' Read More
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| 39 | Peter Parker??? |
| Posted on Friday March 13, 2009, 18:42 by YoungMovieStar |
Tobey Maguire in Spiderman. Now there really were fanboys worrying that he wouldn't pull the physique off... but he surely put on something (and I don't mean a muscle suit) to look that good in the mirror. Read More
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| Posted on Friday March 13, 2009, 18:33 by schlong93 |
You are missing the most important one, not sly or ed norton. Clearly Robert De Niro for raging bul. Read More
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| Posted on Friday March 13, 2009, 17:53 by mbubble11 |
Wheres Sly Stallone? he changes his body to suit the role of the character in every single film Read More
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| 42 | really? |
| Posted on Friday March 13, 2009, 17:52 by charli27 |
What about Edward Norton for American History X? He put on 30lbs for that. Taylor Lautner is probably going to kill himself bulking up for New Moon, I think he put on 26lbs. What about Hillary Swank for Million Dollar Baby? or Brad Pitt for Troy? c'mon. Read More
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| Posted on Friday March 13, 2009, 17:15 by The_Hat |
A while ago i made a comment to some Wolverine article or other saying something along the lines of "if i could have a pound every time Hugh Jackman is described as being buff or ripped in the new film... "... Well, my Ferrari has just turned up at the dealers and i'm just off to pick it up. I'm taking the helicopter earned with my "visionary" Zack Snyder money. Read More
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| Posted on Friday March 13, 2009, 17:09 by crazymoviesdude |
I was expecting De Niro all the way as well, how odd. Read More
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| Posted on Friday March 13, 2009, 17:04 by LizzieJ1 |
Jake Gyllenhal did not impress...I would have included James McAvoy in Wanted. Read More
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| Posted on Friday March 13, 2009, 16:37 by Mr. Chumba |
Where the fuck is Robert De Niro with Raging Bull !?
He got fat as fuck and ripped as shit for that! Read More
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