Joshua Jackson took transforming his body very seriously.
The 46-year-old Doctor Odyssey actor revealed that he gained 20 pounds to star in Karate Kid: Legends as former boxing champ and pizzeria owner Victor.
“I walk around at 175,” he explained on The Today Show, adding: “I was almost 195 for the film.”
He said he “put on all that weight” because Victor is an “ex-heavyweight” boxer.
“It was harder than I thought it was going to be,” he went on to say, via People.
“I was eating 4,000 calories a day.”
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“The training part is the fun part of my job,” he told Today. “Every time you pick up a new job, you’ve gotta pick up a new skill. But the training hits different at 45, 46 than it did when I was in my 20s.”
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Source: justjared.com