Dave Bautista is easing fans' concerns about his shrinking physique.
in TikTok In a clip from a recent interview with Chris Van Vliet, Bautista opened up about his weight loss, explaining that he “started losing weight for specific reasons.” deadline.
“Firstly, I started losing weight because I had gained weight. The role had made me so big, it was uncomfortably large,” he said. Knock on the hut“I was around 315 pounds and then I gained weight really fast.”
He stressed that whereas he gained weight when he was competing in WWE because he was “super muscular,” he gained weight during a break from filming and had “very little time” to do so, so he resorted to “fries and pancakes.”
“My coach told me, 'I don't want you to look like a powerlifter, I just want you to look like a really big guy,'” he recalls. “So looking back now, maybe I overdid it. I was probably a little overweight, but at the time I was just like, 'I've got to get big, I've got to get big, I've got to get big.' So I ended up gaining an uncomfortable amount of weight that took a really long time to lose.”
He continued, “I realized that the more weight I lost, the better I felt. I also realized that the more weight I lost, the better I looked on camera and the better I looked next to other actors.”
Bautista said he was thought to be “skinny” and that fans had [his] While he was losing weight, he posted about his “health” online.
“And when I say it out loud, 'I'm 6'4 and I weigh 240 pounds,' I sound like a big person,” he elaborated. “But for me, people have kind of assumed over the years that I've gotten so big that I'm like anorexic, but I'm still just a big person. So at 6'4 and 240 pounds, I look like a gorilla next to a typical actor and it's distracting.”
of My Spy: The Eternal City The star said he'll “probably lose a few more pounds,” and admitted he's “basically killing it.” [him]May I become this trim myself.”
“I'm training hard. Not only am I training hard, but I'm also restricting my calories a lot,” he said.
Other actors have also spoken about the difficulties of gaining and losing weight for roles. Charlize Theron, for example, said: charm Last year, she spoke about her attempts to lose weight after gaining weight for the role. Tally.
“I remember after a year of trying to lose weight, I called my doctor and said, 'I'm dying because I'm not losing this weight,'” she recalled. “And he said, 'You're over 40. Relax. Your metabolism isn't what it used to be.' Nobody wants to hear that.”
