Chris Diamantopoulos is a type of drastically dedicated actors that appears to shape-shift relying on the function at hand. He shredded himself right down to 7.1% bodyfat for his function alongside Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and Gal Gadot, within the 2021 film Crimson Discover, however in his start-turn on Prime Video’s new comedy-drama, The Sticky, the actor went within the different course with the intention to nail the bodily comedy required of him on set.
Muscle & Health caught up with Diamantopoulos to seek 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 quite a lot of pratfalls as a result of my character is carrying the unsuitable sneakers for this snowy terrain, and I needed to guarantee that once I fell, I may repeat that fall over and over for hours and hours and hours.”
Carrying out 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] completely different setups, completely different digicam angles, completely different takes with out injuring myself. And in order that’s one thing that I’ve realized 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 over and over. I simply got here from Portland, the place I’m capturing an thrilling new present, additionally for Amazon, referred to as Prison. It’s an Ed Brubaker present, and it stars amongst different folks, Charlie Hunnam and Amelia Clark and Luke Evans. And now, that’s a present the place not solely are you reciting your strains and strolling and searching on this course 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 Crimson Discover, Diamantopoulos famously reduce right down to 7.1% bodyfat with the intention 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 number of the extra bodily stuff.
His brother, Gus, is a energy and conditioning coach and proprietor of Toronto’s The Power Room in Toronto, Canada. Gus has been overseeing the celebrities’ progress. “I feel 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 nicely, I sort of like this on you!’”
Diamantopoulos was conscious going into The Sticky that being match was extra vital than being ripped. “The bodily necessities of this job have been completely 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 quite a lot of literal heavy lifting on this present, and quite a lot of bodily comedy that required falling and getting harm.”
To that finish, Diamantopoulos relaxed his intermittent fasting schedule. His coaching consisted of “sluggish physique weight stuff to maintain myself versatile and robust. A number of sluggish chin ups, a lot of sluggish physique squats, a lot of sluggish dips and push-ups and stuff like that, and never coaching fairly often. Actually simply giving my physique an opportunity to get better.”
The Sticky additionally stars three-time Emmy Award winner Margo Martindale and visitor stars Jamie Lee Curtis, who additionally served as government producer on the quick paced six-part comedy-drama. Diamantopoulos says that he cherished the shoot and acquired 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 bit of additional meat on the bone,” he says. Till the following undertaking requires one other shape-shift, after all!
The Sticky premieres Dec. 6, 2024 on Prime Video. You may see Chris Diamantopoulos’ whole interview with M&F beneath.