I mean, he was huge!"
Zac Efronpacked on the muscle to play a professional wrestler inThe Iron Claw.
I could barely recognize him!

Lily James and Zac Efron in ‘The Iron Claw’.Brian Roedel/A24
There was so much more of him!
I mean, he was huge!
Those boys worked so hard.
The wrestling you see in the film, its legit them doing it.
Ive never seen anything like it.
Playing professional wrestlers also meant bulking up by consuming thousands of calories a day.
He ate a large surplus of calories every day, starting about six months before filming.
All the training was a way in for me, personally, he added.
It really was a way in for me, in a way I couldnt have anticipated.
It put me closer to Kevin.
I think I became obsessed.
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