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“Because of the heat in Morocco and the filming schedule we’d get up and work out at 4am,” says Waterson. This meant improvising early morning workouts. While training began in London, the filming was on set in Morocco, with no fixed gym facilities. It meant that if he struggled to draw the sword or sprint without panting, they would dial down the weightlifting and focus on other areas. Waterson explains that a key concern was that Gyllenhaal’s character carried a sword on his back and, should his neck and shoulders get too big, he wouldn’t be able to draw the sword from its sheath.Īlongside mobility work, the pair worked on increasing Gyllenhaal’s flexibility. When it comes to getting an actor to look at beefy as possible, without the typical cliched aesthetic of looking like they’d just stepped straight on-set from a body-building competition, down time is everything. But the role that began it all was 2010’s Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, a spin-off from the video game which saw Gyllenhaal play an ancient warrior prince with the ability to slow down time. The roles have cemented Gyllenhaal as an actor who doesn’t shy away from a brutal physical transformation, and the punishing regimens required to get there. Then, Gyllenhaal went and packed on 13kg of muscle to play a tormented boxer in Southpaw – making the transformation look effortless. While he’s always exuded an affable charisma, Gyllenhaal has in recent years become something of physical transformation guru, up there with the likes of Matthew McConnaughey and Christian Bale.įor anyone who saw Nightcrawler, Gyllenhaal’s character exuded a creepy intensity and this was portrayed with a staggering weightless that saw the actor drop down to 66kg. In recent years, Jake Gyllenhaal has proved himself as not only the kind of actor women around the world want to date, but an actor with the kind of body guys want to attain.