Alex Pettyfer worked challenging to get his physique in form for Magic Mike. Too tricky.
In the August situation of Men's Overall health UK, the 22-year-old actor reveals he went overboard soon after being asked to " put on a bit of excess weight " for his function as a newbie stripper. "I commenced off at 169 lbs. and went up to 196 lbs. They told me I was also big, so in the finish I had to take it back down to 185 lbs."
Sticking to a diet regime and exercising routine was not easy, Pettyfer recalls. "It was tough, particularly at the start off, and I nevertheless keep in mind not wanting to be in the health club. Which is why I never want to train at the minute."
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Alternatively, the British actor -- who is at this time engaged to Elvis Presley's granddaughter, Riley Keough, 23 -- is targeted on furthering his film career. " I am quite ambitious. I live in reality but I have dreams I want to fulfill. I want to be a director, and I've currently started my own production corporation. But I also have a measure of success that I retain to myself. It truly is anything extremely personalized to me."
Calling his father " a single of my biggest heroes," Pettyfer hopes to have a profession similar to Paul Newman's. "I know a lot of folks say that, but I love that he's a good part model and a humanitarian. I admire people today who never necessarily want to alter the planet, but attempt to make it a greater environment."
