Chris Diamantopoulos is a type of significantly dedicated actors that appears to shape-shift relying on the function at hand. He shredded himself right down to 7.1% bodyfat for his function alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot, within the 2021 film Pink Discover, however in his start-turn on Prime Video’s new comedy-drama, The Sticky, the actor went within the different path so as 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 sequence that’s loosely based mostly on the Nice Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. “I did plenty of pratfalls as a result of my character is sporting the flawed footwear for this snowy terrain, and I needed to make it possible for once I fell, I might repeat that fall again 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 sequence. “[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 discovered 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 again and again. I simply got here from Portland, the place I’m taking pictures an thrilling new present, additionally for Amazon, referred to 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 looking out on this path and understanding the place the digicam is, however now you’re coping with gunfire and explosions and squibs.”
Chris Diamantopoulos bulked up for ‘The Sticky’
For Pink Discover, Diamantopoulos famously lower right down to 7.1% bodyfat so as 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 a few of the extra bodily stuff.
His brother, Gus, is a energy and conditioning coach and proprietor of Toronto’s The Energy Room in Toronto, Canada. Gus has been overseeing the celebs’ progress. “I believe I’m nearer to 16% physique fats, however he stated to me, ‘, I gotta be trustworthy 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 effectively, I type of like this on you!’”
Diamantopoulos was conscious going into The Sticky that being match was extra essential 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 plenty of literal heavy lifting on this present, and plenty of bodily comedy that required falling and getting damage.”
To that finish, Diamantopoulos relaxed his intermittent fasting schedule. His coaching consisted of “gradual physique weight stuff to maintain myself versatile and robust. Plenty of gradual chin ups, a lot of gradual physique squats, a lot of gradual dips and push-ups and stuff like that, and never coaching fairly often. Actually simply giving my physique an opportunity to recuperate.”
The Sticky additionally stars three-time Emmy Award winner Margo Martindale and visitor stars Jamie Lee Curtis, who additionally served as govt producer on the quick paced six-part comedy-drama. Diamantopoulos says that he beloved the shoot and received on like “peas and carrots” with the remainder of his illustrious solid. For now, the actor is having fun with his bulkier body. “I don’t thoughts slightly further meat on the bone,” he says. Till the subsequent venture requires one other shape-shift, after all!
The Sticky premieres Dec. 6, 2024 on Prime Video. You’ll be able to see Chris Diamantopoulos’ total interview with M&F beneath.
