Ralph Fiennes remodeled right into a Greek god (err, king) for his newest movie.
The “Harry Potter” actor’s private coach, Dan Avasilcai, shared photographs of his 62-year-old consumer figuring out shirtless in a fitness center to arrange for his position as Odysseus in 2024’s “The Return.”
Fiennes flexed his bulked-up biceps within the beautiful snaps, which not too long ago went viral after a fan account posted them on X.
“Voldemort ought to have simply challenged Harry to an arm wrestling match,” one fan joked, referencing the Oscar nominee’s antagonist within the “Harry Potter” franchise.
“Harry Potter is F–KED,” one other agreed.
Fiennes spoke about his strict food plan and exercise routine in an interview with the Guardian final month whereas selling “The Return,” which hit theaters in December.
The “Conclave” star stated he mixed weight coaching with operating and ate a mixture of proteins, complicated carbohydrates and greens for 5 months.
“Originally, I’ve to admit, I used to be barely suspicious that there was a lot protein getting into and a lot train that we might have a physique that regarded exercised as an alternative of a physique that was consumed, a lived physique. There is no such thing as a fitness center in historic Greece,” he informed the outlet.
Fiennes defined that the drama’s director, Uberto Pasolini, had a selected imaginative and prescient for the way he needed Odysseus to look.
“Uberto was very clear. He didn’t need me to have a type of bulked-up fitness center physique,” he recalled. “He ought to appear to be a little bit of outdated rope.”
The Tony winner acknowledged there was strain to enhance his physique due to his skimpy wardrobe for the movie.
“I knew from the script that my physique can be uncovered,” he stated on the British morning present “Lorraine” final week. “I [only wore] a blanket and a loincloth.”
Fiennes was first supplied the position of Odysseus in 2011, however he waited till 2022 to simply accept it.
The “Menu” actor will face some competitors throughout awards season subsequent 12 months, as Matt Damon additionally underwent a significant bodily transformation to play the identical position in Christopher Nolan’s upcoming movie, “The Odyssey.”
Damon, 54, was noticed trying ripped on set alongside Zendaya, who performs Athena, in Italy final month.
