There's been a few articles lately about Hollywood superhero movies/tv shows and men's body image politics.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2...mpossible.html
http://www.mensjournal.com/magazine/...-hero-20140418
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Michael B. Jordan, who got his break as The Wire's sensitive kid Wallace and raised his profile in last year's Fruitvale Station, knows he needs to be able to bulk up on command if he wants to break into the A-list. "You've gotta be ready to take off your shirt," he says, and he will as the Human Torch in next year's Fantastic Four movie. "They want to blow you up and put you in a superhero action film. Being fit is so important. . . . The bar has been raised."
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This
article here is about this crazy, hard core gym in Utah that's supposed to be worse than CrossFit where Henry Cavill and Chris Evans and the cast of 300 are sent to get buff before filming. They have military, black ops cats training there.
This one is about how all these beefy superhero types are all
disposable, kind of like female eye candy in movies.
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Almost any actor, even some of Hollywood’s most scrawny, can be physically transformed for the part if he’s willing to put in the hard work. The studios know this, which is why any inexpensive unknown can be chosen.’
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