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Sacha Baron Cohen Got Shredded for Marvel -- See Shocking, Shirtless Men's Fitness Spread!
"Is this AI?" Chelsea Handler commented on the photos, before Cohen himself trolled his "mid-life crisis" makeover -- while joking, "Some celebs use Ozempic, some use private chefs, others use personal trainers. I did all three." Borat ... is that you?! Sacha Baron Cohen shocked his followers on Wednesday, as he debuted his new -- and very shirtless -- Men's Fitness UK cover with the world (embedded below). The cover image and additional workout photos from inside the new issue were shared to social media, as he opened up about getting in shape for his role as Mephisto in Marvel's Ironheart series on Disney+. The carousel of images racked up a ton of likes, as celebrity followers including Chelsea Handler and Gal Gadot jumped into the comments. Handler asked, "Is this AI?" before Gadot left a simple fire emoji. Around the same time Handler asked, Cohen took to his Instagram Stories to troll himself over some of the photos. Sharing the cover in one Story, he wrote, "This is not AI, I really am egotistical enough to do this." "Some celebs use Ozempic, some use private chefs, others use personal trainers. I did all three," he commented over a photo of his back muscles. "Hard launching my mid-life crisis," Cohen wrote over another photo, in which he showed off his impressive arms alongside a quote reading, "I now believe that just 20 to 30 minutes of movement a day can make a real difference -- and it's something anyone can fit into their routine, especially celebrities with personal assistants to do all the boring stuff like shopping and attending friends' funerals." He went on to caption other photos with comments like, "Debuting my new character: Middle aged man who replaced beer with protein shakes" and "This is AI ... NOT!" -- before tagging Marvel Studios and adding the hashtag, #ShirtlessMephisto. He also thanked his trainer for "doing the unthinkable -- putting up with me for 25 mins a day." Per Deadline, which got an exclusive first look at the accompanying profile for the cover, Cohen got buff after asking Matthew McConaughey for help finding a trainer who could transform his body quickly. "He looked like a ruler, straight up and down," trainer Alfonsi Moretti said of seeing Cohen in his underwear for the firs time. The actor, meanwhile, described himself as "having the core strength of an arthritic jellyfish" before he started seriously working out. The training was clearly a success -- as Deadline notes he had to have his Mephisto costume altered a couple times due to his changing physique. Cohen added he's now in the best shape of his life -- this coming after he and Isla Fisher announced in April 2024 they had separated in 2023. Just last month, they finalized their divorce. Solve the daily Crossword
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Sacha Baron Cohen's Pumped Transformation From Borat To Marvel's Mephisto: Photos
EXCLUSIVE: Marvel chief Kevin Feige said in a press gathering this week that Sacha Baron Cohen's Mephisto character will be prominent as the next MCU supervillain. For his part, Baron Cohen transformed his physique as evidenced by the cover of Men's Fitness UK. Baron Cohen has plunged himself into character creations like Borat, Ali G and Bruno, but the work he put into his body with Alfonso 'The Angry Trainer' Moretti indicates playing a shredded Mephisto is more than a one-off for the actor. Compared to Borat's rather hairy visage in the lime green singlet, Baron Cohen's transformed physique is buff, and well, bald. The changes he made through hard and consistent training, coupled with a diet high in fiber and protein and low in sugar, are startling. Maybe not quite as startling as when Deadline unveiled Jake Gyllenhaal's washboard abs transformation to play the boxer in 2015's Southpaw, but a decided change from what Baron Cohen looked like in comedies like Borat and Talladega Nights, and dramatic turns in The Trial of the Chicago 7, and the miniseries The Spy. More from Deadline Who Is [SPOILER]? The Latest Big Marvel Reveal Explained Sacha Baron Cohen's Next Scripted Film Comedy Shopping For New Home: The Dish Rebel Wilson Loses Bid To Have 'The Deb' Producers' Defamation Suit Nipped In The Free Speech Bud Deadline got a peek at the Men's Fitness UK article that comes out later this week and details how Baron Cohen reached out to buff peer Matthew McConaughey to get the phone number of a trainer capable of getting an actor buff and shredded in a hurry. McConaughey suggested Moretti. In their first Zoom call, Moretti made Baron Cohen strip down to his underwear. The trainer described the actor's body this way: 'He looked like a ruler, straight up and down,' but he also detected in Baron Cohen 'an athlete in hiding.' The actor was not a slouch as for years he has been working with a kickboxing trainer when time permitted in his busy production schedules. Moretti took on the challenge, and Baron Cohen applied a method actor's discipline to the task, starting with 100 pushups per day. He was disciplined and consistent in the short but intense training sessions the trainer put him through, even while he was away filming. The results came quickly, enough that Baron Cohen's Mephisto costume had to be altered a time or two to reflect the improvements in his physique. Mephisto originated in the Silver Surfer comics, and factored into comic book storylines including Avengers villain Thanos, and Spider-Man. Feige said the character is a devil who presents Faustian bargains to hero characters, but the Marvel chief would not elaborate on how the character will fit into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, which is undergoing a reset with two new Avengers films. Baron Cohen made a surprising debut as Mephisto in the finale of the Disney+ series Ironheart. The actor described his own condition at the start of his workout regimen as 'having the core strength of an arthritic jellyfish.' But he said that the short but intense sessions have left him feeling in the best shape of his life. He believes it is something others can emulate, tailoring their workouts to their own physique goals and time limitations. Best of Deadline 'Wednesday' Season 2: Everything We Know About The Cast, Premiere Date & More Everything We Know About 'Only Murders In The Building' Season 5 So Far 'The Buccaneers' Season 2 Soundtrack: From Griff To Sabrina Carpenter Solve the daily Crossword
