I have to give a special shout out to BuzzSugar for her awesome coverage of Comic-Con this year — I felt like I was in San Diego with her!
by POPSUGAR Fitness
I have to give a special shout out to BuzzSugar for her awesome coverage of Comic-Con this year — I felt like I was in San Diego with her! While there, Buzz had the opportunity to interview the cast of Thor, which includes Natalie Portman and Star Trek hottie Chris Hemsworth. Chris — who plays Thor — said this about his physical transformation into the comic book hero.
"I put on a lot of weight — I put on about 20 pounds at one point. It was purely eating, eating, eating, working out and working out, trying to sleep as much as you can — that's the other third of the equation. The eating was the biggest thing; since stopping shooting I probably work out the same but don't eat as much, and I've probably lost 15 pounds or something. Chicken breasts and protein shakes, boiled chicken . . . clean meats, the right carbs. Sickly stuff."
Buffing up for a role is nothing new — Taylor Lautner packed on muscle for his role in Twilight, as did Angelina Jolie for her role in Salt. But Buzz and I both thought it was interesting that Chris cited "sleeping as much as you can" as part of his physical transformation.
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