Alan Ritchson is freakin’ badass within the position of Jack Reacher in Amazon’s hit collection Reacher. He’s the proper actor to tackle the position, and impressively embodies the character’s massive physique. But, that’s one thing Ritchson needed to work his ass off to achieve.
During a latest interview with GQ, the actor opened up about what he put himself by means of to achieve that bodily degree, and it seems that he fully wrecked his physique doing it. He defined:
“I want to clarify one thing because in every interview someone says ’30 pounds of muscle.’ I put on 30 pounds! I don’t know how much of that was lean muscle. I went from 205lb to 235lb in eight months, I was eating a tonne. I don’t think all of that was muscle. A good chunk was – a little more than half, maybe. But I didn’t take steroids, I didn’t take testosterone. There was only one way to get where I needed to be and that was hard work. I f–king wrecked my body, dude. It was too much. I didn’t have time to heal. I would strain something and I was like, ‘I don’t care! I’m working through it!’ I suffered the consequences.”
He went on to clarify the results that adopted, which included surgical procedure, he couldn’t breathe nicely, and he used up the entire testosterone in his physique! He mentioned:
“When I finished [season one], I needed surgery. I couldn’t breathe well. I got a blood panel done and found out I had no testosterone left [because of overtraining]. My doctor was like, ‘You need to be on testosterone.’ [Testosterone therapy] was a real gift because now I’m able to easily maintain that size. My workouts are short and sweet – maybe 30 minutes a day. There’s no doubt that people place a big emphasis on his size, but to me, the character is much more than that. The heart of the character really lies in his sardonic sense of humour, which is incredibly fun to play. He’s a smart guy, and isn’t afraid to be a smart-ass. That underlying humour is what brings depth to him as a character, and also keeps audiences entertained.”
Ritchson is presently taking pictures the third season of the collection, and I’m excited to see this character’s story proceed!
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