Mark Wahlberg is among the fittest actors in the Hollywood industry. At the age of 50, he had been a fitness inspiration to millions. The actor has a strict workout regime, along with a controlled diet. The tough and bizarre workout routine often goes viral on social media. The Departed star also owns a fitness brand and actively promotes it on social media. Wahlberg works with passion and dedication to achieve the perfect body as per the requirement of his role. The actor once consumed 11,000 calories for four weeks straight for a role.
Mark Wahlberg had to gain muscular weight for his OTT film, and to achieve that he ate a humungous number of calories.
Mark Wahlberg on his unfunny weight gain for Father Stu
The Transformers star opened up on his massive weight gain for the film Father Stu in 2022. He had to beef up for the character in the film.
In an interview with Today, he shared about his difficult workout regime for weight gain,
“Had 3 weeks to be in good boxing shape. This is all happening before 50, it’s a rollercoaster.”
In an interview with Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Show, he shared,
“Unfortunately, I had to consume for two weeks 7,000 calories and then for another two weeks 11,000 calories.”
“It was fun for about an hour.”
“It’s such a hard, physical thing to do. Losing weight, you just kind of tough it out — you just don’t eat, and exercise. And this, even when you’re full, I would wake up after a meal and have another meal. I was eating every three hours. It was not fun.”
Mark Wahlberg played the role of a boxer turned priest in the film.
Mark Wahlberg shares difficulties in gaining and losing weight at 50
On the show, the Uncharted star was asked about the struggles in the weight transformation at the age of 50. He shared,
“Once the metabolism slows down, it gets really difficult. I’d been trying to get this movie made for three years. We only had 30 days to shoot it. And so I wanted to really make it happen.”
Mark Wahlberg also talked about his weight transformation on Jimmy Kimmel Live in April,
“After the boxing scenes, I get to put on as much weight as possible over the course of the film. So I’m challenging myself to put on 30 pounds in the next six weeks.”
Father Stu is a biographical drama film focussing on the life of Stuart Long, a four-mouthed boxer who becomes a Catholic priest and lives with a progressive muscle disorder. The film was written and directed by Rosalind Ross and produced with a budget of $4 million.
The film was released in 2022 on Netflix and grossed $21.8 million worldwide. The star cast included Mark Wahlberg as lead, alongside Jacki Weaver, Mel Gibson, Teresa Ruiz, and others.
Source-Today
