Nicholas Galitzine plays He-Man in next month's Masters of the Universe.
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The actor has said that he ate up to 5,000 calories per day and worked out constantly to bulk up.
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When he was done filming, Galitzine says he was told by the director of his next project to eat as much as he wants.
Nicholas Galitzineworked brutally hard to achieve the physique needed to star in this summer'sHe-Man, which he did. Then he was ready to celebrate.
"I was so mentally ready to eat something disgusting," the 31-year-old actor toldPEOPLEat the movie's premiere Monday in L.A. "I want to say I had a combination of sushi and pizza, and I just was like, 'Give it. Give it all to me.' So no, it wasn't hard to go there. Given the fact that my next director did not want me to look like He-Man for his movie, he said, 'Eat as much as you want and stop working out.'"
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That was a big lifestyle change for Galitzine, who ate up to5,000 caloriesper day alongside constant workouts leading up to filming to add bulk.
His reward, then, was everything that he'd hoped.
"Better," Galitzine said. "Food is everything to me. It truly is."
TheBottomsactor had previouslytold PEOPLEthat bulking up was "the hardest thing I've ever done."
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But his work paid off big.
In April, the film's director, Travis Knight, explained toEntertainment Weeklythat he'd been stunned when he laid eyes on Galitzine after not seeing him for a few weeks.
"He was training on set as we were in prep," Knight said. "And when I saw him again, I was like, holy s---. I couldn't believe how much he had changed. He had put on so much muscle in such a short period of time. Sometimes I'll look at photos back when I first met him, and it looks like a totally different dude."
The muscles were needed not only because the character — which began as an '80s toy — had to defend his home, Castle Grayskull, but because He-Man requires a barely-there ensemble.
"It's a peculiar thing," Galitzine said, "being in a miniskirt and harness while everyone's fully dressed in puffer jackets and whatnot."
Masters of the Universearrives in theaters June 5.
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