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Brad Pitt Gets Buff for Troy
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(04/21/04) Brad Pitt, playing the role of "greatest warrior" in the movie, Troy, needed to buff up and quit smoking. This may bode well for the fitness industry, a nostalgic return to ancient Greek beautiful bodies – Hollywood style.
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April 21, 2004 --
If unending news of rampant obesity in advanced countries won't scare people into getting fit, then perhaps fantasy will. Brad Pitt recently had to buff up to play his role of Achilles in the upcoming movie release of Troy.
The trainer warned me that every day would be unpleasant. He was right".
To credibly play his role as the greatest warrior in an ancient Greek world, during of a golden period of warriors, marathons and Olympics, Pitt had to endure months of intense physical training. He trained regularly with a personal trainer to buff up for a larger-than-life image. In addition to the pain of the physical training, he also had to quit smoking cold turkey – all in all, a more healthy Brad Pitt. In a recent interview with the German magazine Cinema before the upcoming May, 2004 release of the film in the U.S. and Germany, Pitt said he spent many unpleasant months working out with a fitness trainer to build up his muscles. "I had to quit smoking," Pitt said when asked about the hardest part of the getting ready for the film. "I'm now happy about it because these things were killing me. But at first I was really missing my cigarettes.
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Brad Pitt had to buff up to play the role of Achilles in the movie, Troy, his stardom may spur an interest in fitness.
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The withdrawal was so hard that I was ready to kill - which was actually helpful for the role I was playing," he said. "Against my nature, I had to invest a lot of time and sweat on the physical aspect of my work," Pitt said. "I didn't like that at all... The trainer warned me that every day would be unpleasant. He was right".
Source: Cinema
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