Nicholas Galitzine followed an intense training regimen to play He-Man in Masters of the Universe
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The actor says that each day he ate up to 5,000 calories a day and lifted weights for three hours
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He maintained workouts on set, squeezing in exercises between scenes during the five-month shoot
Masters of the UniversestarNicholas Galitzineate 5,000 calories a day to "pack on as much size as possible" to play muscular '80s icon,He-Man.
“It was an everyday a week thing,” Galitzine, 31, toldE! Newsabout his intense training routine. “It was a pretty short amount of time. You kind of would love to live in this character for a year beforehand, but the training very much changed as the movie went on.”
“We started out really trying topack on as much sizeas possible,” he explained. “You know, having up to 5,000 calories sometimes, weightlifting for three hours a day and then we streamlined it.”
Galitzine shared that they added workouts whenever possible: “You're shooting a scene [and] they say, ‘You have 10 minutes until the next setup,' you run outside, you hop on the assault bike, run back in, shoot a scene again, and that kind of goes on for about five months.”
TheRed, White & Royal Blueactor shared that the regimen was "something I had to really work through on a day-to-day basis,” but noted, "I really enjoyed the challenge.” But as the actor toldPEOPLE, his first meal after filming wrapped was "a combination of sushi and pizza."
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"I just was like, 'Give it. Give it all to me,' " Galitzine said. "Food is everything to me. It truly is."
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"Straight away" afterMasters of the Universefilming ended, Galitzine started a different kind of prep to play a World War II soldier inThe Mosquito Bowl,he toldE! News.“The director said, ‘I've got terrifying nightmares that you're gonna show up on set on day one looking like He-Man. Can you just do nothing for the next three weeks?' ”
“So, it was kind of music to my ears,” he said. “I'd lay on a couch, I ate potato chips and I said, ‘This is the kind of prep I love.' ”
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