Henry Cavill once shared that the toughest part of filming Man of Steel wasn’t flying through the air, it was the shirtless scenes. According to Cavill, he had to follow an extreme six-week diet and training plan to get in peak shape for the role.
“I had to drop my calories from around 5,000 a day to roughly 1,500 while training intensely,” Cavill said. By the end of the regimen, he had reached about 7% body fat, a level usually seen only in professional bodybuilders during competitions.
Once the scenes were completed, director Zack Snyder and producer Debby ordered him a massive reward. “Zack and Debby ordered me an apple pie, a full tub of ice cream,…
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