Chris Diamantopoulos is a kind of drastically dedicated actors that appears to shape-shift relying on the function at hand. He shredded himself down to 7.1% bodyfat for his function 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 view to nail the bodily comedy required of him on set.
Muscle & Health caught up with Diamantopoulos to seek out out extra.
“You understand, on a present like this, there’s some precise bodily heavy lifting,” says Diamantopoulos, who performs gangster, Mike Byrne in The Sticky, a sequence that’s loosely primarily based on the Nice Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. “I did loads of pratfalls as a result of my character is sporting the unsuitable footwear for this snowy terrain, and I needed to make it possible for after I fell, I might repeat that fall time and again for hours and hours and hours.”
Carrying out 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] totally different setups, totally different digicam angles, totally 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 time and again. I simply got here from Portland, the place I’m capturing an thrilling new present, additionally for Amazon, referred to as Felony. 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 strains and strolling and looking out 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 view 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 number of 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 feel I’m nearer to 16% physique fats, however he mentioned to me, ‘You understand, 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 form 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 totally different,” he explains. “They weren’t a lot from an aesthetic standpoint as a lot as they have been from a purposeful standpoint. I needed to do loads of literal heavy lifting on this present, and loads of bodily comedy that required falling and getting harm.”
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 get well.”
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 just a little further meat on the bone,” he says. Till the subsequent undertaking requires one other shape-shift, after all!
The Sticky premieres Dec. 6, 2024 on Prime Video. You may see Chris Diamantopoulos’ complete interview with M&F under.
