Chris Diamantopoulos is a kind of enormously dedicated actors that appears to shape-shift relying on the position at hand. He shredded himself all the way down to 7.1% bodyfat for his position alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot, within the 2021 film Purple Discover, however in his start-turn on Prime Video’s new comedy-drama, The Sticky, the actor went within the different path with a purpose to nail the bodily comedy required of him on set.
Muscle & Health caught up with Diamantopoulos to search out out extra.
“, on a present like this, there may be some precise bodily heavy lifting,” says Diamantopoulos, who performs gangster, Mike Byrne in The Sticky, a collection that’s loosely based mostly on the Nice Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. “I did lots of pratfalls as a result of my character is sporting the fallacious footwear for this snowy terrain, and I needed to be sure that once I fell, I may repeat that fall time and again for hours and hours and hours.”
Conducting this took a while, the actor says. He says a part of his coaching got here from his work on one other Amazon collection. “[It required] completely different setups, completely different digicam angles, completely different takes with out injuring myself. And in order that’s one thing that I’ve realized to do over time, that if I’m going to do one thing on a take, I’ve to be ready to repeat it over and time and again. I simply got here from Portland, the place I’m capturing an thrilling new present, additionally for Amazon, known as Legal. It’s an Ed Brubaker present, and it stars amongst different folks, Charlie Hunnam and Amelia Clark and Luke Evans. And now, that’s a present the place not solely are you reciting your traces and strolling and searching on this path and figuring out the place the digicam is, however now you’re coping with gunfire and explosions and squibs.”
Chris Diamantopoulos bulked up for ‘The Sticky’
For Purple Discover, Diamantopoulos famously minimize all the way down to 7.1% bodyfat with a purpose to play the evil villain, however in The Sticky, the actor of Greek descent says that placing on some further weight has helped him to nail among the extra bodily stuff.
His brother, Gus, is a power and conditioning coach and proprietor of Toronto’s The Power Room in Toronto, Canada. Gus has been overseeing the celebrities’ progress. “I believe I’m nearer to 16% physique fats, however he mentioned to me, ‘, I gotta be sincere with you: From an aesthetic standpoint and from an influence standpoint, as a result of my muscle mass is up by about 6.5 kilos as properly, I form of like this on you!’”
Diamantopoulos was conscious going into The Sticky that being match was extra necessary than being ripped. “The bodily necessities of this job have been completely different,” he explains. “They weren’t a lot from an aesthetic standpoint as a lot as they have been from a practical standpoint. I needed to do lots of literal heavy lifting on this present, and lots of bodily comedy that required falling and getting damage.”
To that finish, Diamantopoulos relaxed his intermittent fasting schedule. His coaching consisted of “sluggish physique weight stuff to maintain myself versatile and powerful. Numerous sluggish chin ups, plenty of sluggish physique squats, plenty of sluggish dips and push-ups and stuff like that, and never coaching fairly often. Actually simply giving my physique an opportunity to get well.”
The Sticky additionally stars three-time Emmy Award winner Margo Martindale and visitor stars Jamie Lee Curtis, who additionally served as government producer on the quick paced six-part comedy-drama. Diamantopoulos says that he liked the shoot and acquired on like “peas and carrots” with the remainder of his illustrious forged. For now, the actor is having fun with his bulkier body. “I don’t thoughts a little bit further meat on the bone,” he says. Till the following mission requires one other shape-shift, after all!
The Sticky premieres Dec. 6, 2024 on Prime Video. You possibly can see Chris Diamantopoulos’ complete interview with M&F under.
