David Harbour Got So Jacked For Hellboy His Suit Almost Didn't Fit

We got a call from the production company, they were actually a little upset, they said hes losing too much weight, and I said hes not, he weighed in at 250 lbs, hes 249 lbs today, he hasnt lost any weight, said Saladino. But they said his bodys changing so much, were going to have to redo the suit. He joked that he immediately called Harbour and told him to go have some ice cream.

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Saladino, a member of the Mens Health Advisory Board , has worked with the likes of Ryan Reynolds and is used to helping actors get blockbuster ready. But unlike other big screen superheroes, the goal wasnt to make Hellboy look lean or like an Abercrombie model, but vicious.

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Based on a character from Dark Horse Comics, Hellboy is a giant red half-demon. And while the makeup and devilish prosthetics went a long way in convincingly transforming David Harbour from the Stranger Things dad bod cop to a hulking infernal monster, the intense nine week training schedule also helped Harbour get into character.

Those abs, those shoulders, those arms, that was not him, that was the prosthetic suit, said Saladino, adding that the Herculean regime of loaded carries enabled Harbour to tap into the fierceness of Hellboy. The program focused on improving functional movement and athleticism, which would allow Harbour to do everything he needed to while wearing the bodysuit.

I wanted to develop mainly power and strength, Harbour said in an Instagram video, so you believe that when [Hellboy] hits you, it hits you like a truck.