Most buffed up actor to play a superhero
We know that most of the actors playing superheroes in movie try to get bulked up for their roles. So who among them got bulked up the most?
Nicholas Cage as Ghost Rider?
Hugh Jackman as Wolverine?
Chris Hemsworth as Thor?
Chris Evans as human torch/captain america?
Wesley Snipes as Blade?
Feel free to interject other super hero movie characters here. Heroes only please.
I'm thinking Tobey Maguire. Not only did he bulk up an impressive amount for the first movie, but then he dropped it all and then some to be in "Seabiscuit". Though Christian Bale going from "Equilibrium" to the "Machinist", to "Batman Begins" was also impressive.
Not a super hero or an actor, but Linda Hamilton's transformation between "Terminator" and T2 rates up their as well.
Originally posted by Riot-Gear
Not a super hero or an actor, but Linda Hamilton's transformation between "Terminator" and T2 rates up their as well.
No contest. Only reason she doesn't win it is because she didn't play a superhero, but she was so ****ing badass and intense she makes Punisher look like a sissy.
Bale's "Machinist" to "Batman Begins." I can't even look at him at times in "The Machinist," he looks like some alien life form, not even a human being.
Hugh Jackman should get some credit, though. He is that ripped in everyday life, although he did get even bigger for Wolverine. But it just wasn't as much loss and then gain of poundage, as Bale did.
Originally posted by Riot-Gear
To finish my thought on Tobey Maguire, much like Bale going from the "Machinist" to "Batman Begins",
I'd agree...It was a huge transformation between those films and it was only a relatively short period of time between the filming of them...What's even more impressive is that Bale bulked up even more and had to lose a fair bit of excess before BB could begin filming.
Another honourable mention although not playing a superhero is Vincent Reagan in 300....He was apparently one of the most dedicated people the trainers from Gym Jones had ever seen. Transformation below only took 8 weeks.
Originally posted by Kazenji
Nicholas Cage as Ghost Rider? 😆don't really need to bulk up for that character.
Exactly. 👆
I have come to think that I'm the only one that watches "making of" and featurettes. hmm
There's also the fact that he did NOT buff up, at all, for that character.
They did a CGI trick to swap his head onto another body. It's in the making of. facepalm
Originally posted by Kazenji
I'm another one that watches 'Making Of' featurettes for movies toocept i have'nt watched the one for Ghost Rider movie since i don't own it.
Yeah, there's a short list of people that watch those bonus features. Most of the time, most people only watch the bonus features for movies they like rather than most to all they watch. I watch them out of respect for the "art" I just viewed.
Originally posted by FrothByte
Most of us watch the movies in the theatre.Maybe I need to correct my original post. It's not about who was able to make the biggest change to his body... I was pretty much more concerned on asking who was in the best shape physically when they played the super hero.
Your title an OP says "most buffed up" meaning, which one got into the best shape and added the most muscle.
Being "buff" is both muscle and lack of body fat. If you just want "muscle", then that's "beefy" or a "hoss."
Ripped is really lean.
Shredded is an extreme state of being lean or "ripped."
And a monster/muscle freak is being huge and shredded (or ripped).
Case-in-point:
Jason Statham = Buff
Dwayne Johnson in Fast 5 is a monster as he's huge and ripped.
I'm not even kidding when I say these are common terms used in the body building community.