Nicholas Galitzine has revealed the “disgusting” first cheat meal that helped him break the 5,000-calorie He-Man diet. Galitzine stars as Prince Adam in the action-packed adaptation, Masters of the Universe. The 31-year-old actor has been on a strict diet and intense workouts to bulk up for the role.
Nicholas Galitzine reveals the cheat meal that helped him break the He-Man diet
Nicholas Galitzine shared the first cheat meal he had to get out of the strict He-Man diet. In an exclusive interview with PEOPLE, Galitzine revealed he enjoyed the process of bulking up for He-Man. However, he was eager to quit his intense diet regimen when filming wrapped.
Galitzine said, “It wasn’t mentally difficult. I was so mentally ready to eat something disgusting. 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.’ “
The interviewer asked if the first cheat meal helped him break the He-Man diet and live up to his expectations, to which The Idea of You star replied, “Better. Food is everything to me. It truly is.”
In a past interview with PEOPLE, Galitzine described his experience training to play He-Man as “the hardest thing I’ve ever done.” The British actor dished, “It was a daily challenge, but there is something incredibly empowering about committing to something so heavily. I’ve never had a challenge like that before, where every single day you have to wake up, and you can see the peak of the mountain vaguely, but especially when you’re bulking. I think it would be insincere for me to say that it was easy.”
Notably, the famed franchise also includes toys, comic books, and animated television shows. Masters of the Universe will be released in cinemas on June 5.
Originally reported by Anwaya Mane for Mandatory.
