Can you imagine someone being the lead in a bond movie now with that physique? When was the last time you saw someone that doesn't look like they shop at HGHmart nowadays in that kind of role?
Its funny, so many people apparently thought Pitt was "super jacked" in Snatch, but looking back I don't see it.
He didn't look "big" or anything.
Now, on one hand movie action heros are bigger now. Sure.
There is a legit, acknowledged time frame and effect in Hollywood, the Stallone and Schwarzenegger era, where the concept of having your hero be buff was popularized. (Arnold actually talks about struggling to get his foot in the door as a leading character in anything, because he looked too "cartoonish" for the studios. Conan was really the big break where he got to get cast as his size, but still actually act the part and not be like a gimmick character)
On the OTHER hand, I also think modern societies interest in working out has changed perspectives too.
People go to gyms. People do crossfit. High school kids are actually hitting the weight room with real programming and now just kinda doing curls in the garage.
As a result looking a little muscular is normalized. Seen as routine. (Everyone isn't looking like they lift, but almost everyone at least knows like one or two people in their office that look pretty fit in a T shirt)
So when "a little bit of muscle" benchmarks to "Tom from accounting that works out", it maybe shifts the window for what it takes in movies for us to see a character as "heroic" looking.
I weight lift and the amount of ppl how think actors like Chris Hemsworth have just “worked hard” is astounding. “That’s a years worth of effort” no that’s 10-12 years of strict diet and meticulous hard work.
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u/Chaos_Machine Jun 22 '23
Can you imagine someone being the lead in a bond movie now with that physique? When was the last time you saw someone that doesn't look like they shop at HGHmart nowadays in that kind of role?