From Hollywood to Basic-Fit, the ultra-muscular body has invaded our imaginations
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They have biceps as big as thighs, drink protein shakes on screen and prepare like athletes for roles in action movies: the actors are stronger than ever...
Patrick Schwarzenegger, aka Saxon, showing off his ripped abs by the pool before making himself a protein shake in season 3 of The White Lotus . Paul Mescal, biceps the size of a cyclist's thigh protruding from his armor in Gladiator II . Tom Cruise, the body of a thirty-year-old man in the backstage photos of the latest Mission: Impossible installment. Jon Hamm, with his overweight build , in True Neighbors, the new Apple TV series, where he plays a father who has lost, in quick succession, his wife (who left for a former NBA star, a gym owner) and his job at an investment fund.
But also Glen Powell, Zac Efron, Jeremy Allen White, Harris Dickinson, Henry Cavill, and many others. Lately, Hollywood blockbusters have taken on the air of bodybuilding competitions. The hottest actors of the moment, with the exception of the skinny Timothée Chalamet...
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