And since all of his training happened during the height of COVID in his garage, knowing that he's a dude that's spent his whole life wanting to see something so deeply Nordic on the big screen, I could believe he just went full LeBron in a way you always feel skeptical about a Chris Evans or Kumail Nanjiani body transformation


I'd honestly lean more towards some clever CGI photoshopping though because, having not seen this movie since its theatrical debut, I do remember thinking that he didn't look significantly different in frame from his usual self in all of the village/fully clothed scenes. He IS one of the rare actors that's actually a huge dude by default.


Then again, Eggers is so sparing in his CG usage he's usually really open about it (like the nudity in that final scene being added in post) but it's also undeniable that so much of the advertising budget was rooted in "look at Alex's traps!" that they'll probably never talk about how he wound up looking like this.


You'll never convince me that that ONE scene where he's the entire frame and his shoulders look like mountains is 100% what the camera photographed though.


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