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How did Stephen Dorff get so shredded?

posted 15 years ago by somgu
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Did anyone notice that he was kind of flabby at the beginning of the movie, but toward the end he looked alot more cut and muscular? As if he had been doing pushups all day and eating a meager prison diet. I was pretty impressed by that little touch of detail.

I assume the filming schedule would not have been long enough for him to get in shape in time. Or maybe he got in shape first and then got fat again and they just filmed the scenes in reverse? Anyone have information on this?

[–] hellseekerus 15 years ago

Yeah, obviously when he was told by his missus to go *beep* himself, he though, *beep* it, I'm staying here, might as well prepare for the *beep* that he knew was on the cards.

Thinking of it, I would've done the same.

In the real world I bet half the prisoners that go in ain't as ripped as they are after they've been inside a while.

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[–] flavor3 15 years ago

he probably just took some hulk hogan vitamins,
either in oral or injectable form..

[–] jeezus69 15 years ago

High protein and cycling Weights and Cardio, I'm Assuming.

[–] RoundTheTwist 15 years ago

I did notice this, yes. There was a great shot of him and I thought it was very good character potrayal. He must've worked hard during filming to get that look.

There was a scene after that where he didn't look so ripped though.

I wondered if that had been a scene that was shot out of sequence and it's something they didn't really notice or it was just a case of him not flexing so heavily in that shot.

[–] bear022013-588-696101 15 years ago

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[–] bear022013-588-696101 15 years ago

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[–] nymfan101 15 years ago

I went to a county jail on a field trip once. And that was a scary place haha. But a lot of the guys in there wern't "ripped" per se. They had MASS and BULK. They were HUGE!!! But b/c of the diet they were on they rarely got cut, they just got bigger and bigger. I'm 6'5 220 pounds and they intimidated the *beep* outta me.

[–] Trumerica 15 years ago

It doesn't take long to get definition. In the winter time I slack off since I hate the cold, but in the summer time I workout every other day and get all of my bulk and six pack back.

[–] clerlic 15 years ago

Dude, you should try jumping rope, it's as tiring as jogging and you don't need to go outside.

[–] Trumerica 15 years ago

I have a nice jump rope and used to jump rope all of the time in my apartment which had a vaulted ceiling in the living room. I live in a house now and the ceilings are too low for the jump rope :(

[–] clerlic 15 years ago

They can't be that low, I live in a 18m^2 studio and am able to jump rope, although there's only a small spot to do it without accidentally hitting objects.

[–] Trumerica 15 years ago

I am 6'3" so the length of the jump rope has to be longer to clear the top of my head. Add a jump to that and the rope hits the ceiling.

[–] Badlands1 14 years ago

Running is better cardio, especially uphill with weights (backpack)
Dorff could have got more ripped, he does smoke after all :P

[–] Badlands1 14 years ago

thats dumb, stay in shape all year long, cardio is better in the cold, you can run longer and its more refreshing... heat slows us down, but sweating in saunas burns more fat.

[–] FeistyCadavr 13 years ago

Well considering they shot his 3 years in prison over 2 hours it's not that implausible. They didn't show but like 1 or 2 scenes of his working out, but I'm pretty sure it was implied that he was working out when he knew he would be fighting regularly.

[–] Badlands1 13 years ago

reply to the OP not me.

[–] nicver 15 years ago

Inmates are a lot more in shape than COs, that's a sad fact.

Inmates don't eat junk food and work out a lot, first to survive a fight and second to avoid turning insane.

COs eat a lot of junk food and sit at their monitors.

Not all COs are fat, though, especially the extraction dudes and those who interact more with low security inmates, playing basketball and all.

[–] zapacoman 15 years ago

Dorff's physical transformation was impressive. However, if you want to see an insane physical transformation - watch the Machinist w/ Christian Bale.

[–] clownbaby86 15 years ago

This is a dumb thread. Actors do this all the time. And they shoot everything out of sequence. Every film is shot this way. So he was less jacked for some scenes and then bulked up for others, however they did it. It's nothing out of the ordinary.

And yes, Christian Bale is *beep* psychotic. Jacked up for American Psycho, lost tons of weight for Machinist, got jacked again for Batman Begins, got skinny again for Rescue Dawn, got jacked again for Dark Knight...he's totally *beep* with his body, but it's amazing.

[–] xlos_crudosx 15 years ago

Well the guy was already kind of ripped to begin with.....but yeah near the end he looked a lot more..celebrities have the money to hire good trainers..

[–] TheFatDruidofNacyl 15 years ago

I agree, I think the actor did a great transformation.

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[–] saybow69 14 years ago

Called Winstrol, ya he is on something. That`s the most poular steroid to cut you up. But ya, he did a cycle alright.

[–] Backlot_Manager 14 years ago

Body doubles never hurt.

[–] Paul_Kersey_Jr 14 years ago

He was probably in good shape in his slightly flabby scenes, he just needed to get cut. So he probably trained harder, and went on a cutting diet with some prescription aids, possibly some kind of steroid, thyroid or clenbuterol- at the very least diuretic pills that bodybuilders use to get ripped before competition.