Chris Diamantopoulos is a type of significantly dedicated actors that appears to shape-shift relying on the position at hand. He shredded himself right down to 7.1% bodyfat for his position 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 route to be able to nail the bodily comedy required of him on set.
Muscle & Health caught up with Diamantopoulos to search out out extra.
“You recognize, 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 primarily based on the Nice Canadian Maple Syrup Heist. “I did a number of pratfalls as a result of my character is carrying the fallacious sneakers 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.”
Engaging in 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 taking pictures an thrilling new present, additionally for Amazon, referred to as Felony. It’s an Ed Brubaker present, and it stars amongst different individuals, 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 route and realizing 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 reduce right down to 7.1% bodyfat to be able to play the evil villain, however in The Sticky, the actor of Greek descent says that placing on some additional weight has helped him to nail a few of the extra bodily stuff.
His brother, Gus, is a power and conditioning coach and proprietor of Toronto’s The Energy Room in Toronto, Canada. Gus has been overseeing the celebrities’ progress. “I believe I’m nearer to 16% physique fats, however he stated to me, ‘You recognize, 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 sort 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 useful standpoint. I needed to do a number of literal heavy lifting on this present, and a number 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 robust. 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 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 forged. For now, the actor is having fun with his bulkier body. “I don’t thoughts a little bit additional meat on the bone,” he says. Till the subsequent venture requires one other shape-shift, in fact!
The Sticky premieres Dec. 6, 2024 on Prime Video. You possibly can see Chris Diamantopoulos’ total interview with M&F beneath.
