Jonathan Majors Reveals 6,100 Calorie Diet Plan to Prepare for Intense Bodybuilder Role in ‘Magazine Dreams’: ‘You Don’t F—k Around’

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Jonathan Majors pushed his body to its full capacity while preparing for the role of dedicated bodybuilder Killian Maddox in the upcoming movie Magazine Dreams.“I’m 6 feet tall.

I’m 202 pounds,” the Lovecraft Country alum, 33, told Variety on Saturday, January 21, after the film’s premiere at the Sundance Film Festival — which received rave reviews. “In order to sustain that and to grow that, you have to eat as much protein that you weigh.

I ate 6,100 calories a day for about four months. That included the pre-work and the post-work of Creed III.”The Da 5 Bloods actor pointed out that while “the normal bodybuilder works out two times a day,” his character is on another level. “Playing him you don’t f—k around,” he told the outlet.Per the film’s synopsis, “Nothing deters [Killian] from his fiercely protected dream of bodybuilding superstardom, not even the doctors who warn that he’s causing permanent damage to his body with his quest.”Majors made extreme updates to his workout and diet regimen in preparation for the role. “What ended up happening is I would train two hours, two times a day for the movie and a third time after wrap,” he explained at the festival. “Meanwhile, you eat six times a day.

Lots of chicken. Lots of elk. That’s just for me. I like it.”The Marvel star previously explained how changing his physicality connects him to the characters that he plays. (Along with Magazine Dreams, the Yale School of Drama alum will star opposite Michael B.