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Kit Harrington, better known for his portrayal of Jon Snow in Game of Thrones has bulked up to look like a gladiator for his new film Pompeii. It wasn t easy for Harrington to get in shape and in an interview with Vanity Fair he admitted how tough the task was for him. I have one task ahead of me, which is just to put on muscle and get all bulked up for a role. I ll tell you what, I m eating so much food that it s having an effect on my brain and I m becoming completely lethargic and not able to do anything.
Kit Harrington s fitness regime I m next to all these stunt boys who are huge, so I need to kind of compete with them, so it doesn t look ridiculous that I m beating them up.
On a practical level, I m playing a gladiator and they were very, very fit men and they were fighters and they had to look a certain way and be a certain way and I thought I d be doing the story an injustice if I didn t go to the gym quite a bit. , Harrington said in an interview with Access Hollywood.
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Prior to the movie, the actor had to workout four hours every day for four weeks. This included two hours of fight training with weapons, an hour of weight lifting and an hour of cardio.
The actor continued working out even while shooting. I hit the gym three times a day an hour before set, lunchtime, get back to the gym for an hour, go back to set, at the end of day about 6, I do another training session from 6 til 7, go home, come back, start the whole thing at 5 in the morning, six days a week for four months , the actor told Kansascity.com.
In an interview with Collider.com, Harrington said, I ve been pumping up right before scenes and stuff. You feel like a bit of a douche, because they ve got like 100 extras, and I m there going [mimes bicep curls] But you know, it s an action film, where I ve got my arms out the whole time, so I have to try and look tough. And I m next to all these stunt boys who are huge, so I need to kind of compete with them, so it doesn t look ridiculous that I m beating them up. Here are some simple tricks to stick to your fitness regime by Ranveer Singh's trainer Lloyd Stevens.
Kit Harrington s diet - 'I ve never had to eat this much before. It s quite tough.'
Harrington believes that getting fit is 70% diet and 30% working out. And, even though some people may think eating is easy, the truth is that it s just as tough as exercising. It s huge amounts of steak or chicken. I have about six protein shakes a day. On top of that, I have to eat about half a kilogram of meat for every meal and the equivalent in carbohydrates. I ve never had to eat this much before. It s quite tough. , Harrington told Vanity Fair.
Before shooting the movie, the actor was on a 4,000 calorie diet to bulk up which made him gain about 25 pounds. After this, he switched to a 2,000 calorie diet and trained for long hours to look as ripped as he does in the posters of the movie.
Looking at the body that Harrington is sporting in the trailers, it seems as if these efforts bore fruit. But there were days when the actor didn t feel so good. In an interview with Kansascity.com, he said, There was a day when I was so exhausted, three-quarters of the way through the movie, I couldn t get up. I was lying on my back, and they were calling me to set, and I got up, and my legs buckled underneath me. Then I got up, and my legs buckled again. They called a doctor in, and I was physically exhausted. Medically, physically exhausted. Read our mega guide to gain weight and bulk up.
We hope that you re inspired by how Kit Harrington got in shape for his role. Read more about how Hugh Jackman, Kellan Lutz, Henry Cavill, Aaron Eckhart and Chris Hemsworth got really ripped to play their roles.
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