While rumors have been evoking Taron Egerton as the next Wolverine for years, the Black Bird series on Apple TV+ proves that the actor has more than ever the physique for the role!
Based on true events, the chilling series Black Bird, now airing on Apple TV+, tells the story of Jimmy Keene, a former high school football champion convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to 10 years in prison is offered a chance to get out of jail if he manages to get a confession from a suspected serial killer.
A role offered to Taron Egerton, who accepted it just after Rocketman in which he plays another very real person, Sir Elton John. But to slip into the skin of the hefty Jimmy, the actor had to gain muscle and not just a little!
A challenge that was close to the heart of the actor. “It wouldn’t have been right if I hadn’t tried to become a little more masculine version of myself.”, he confided to the journalist of Yahoo! Entertainment Kevin Polowy. This is how he became more massive than he had ever been before.
A mountain of muscle
“Definitely when we get to the sixth episode”, clarified Taron Egerton, before explaining: “‘Cause I practiced all the way, so I found I was growing along with [mon personnage] in the series. It’s definitely the biggest I’ve been, much more than in Kingsman.”
An impressive musculature that spectators have plenty of time to see from the first episode where the actor appears completely naked. A scene which also proves that he has nothing to envy to his partner of Eddie The Eagle, Hugh Jackman, world famous for his role of Wolverine, that Taron Egerton could well resume one day!
Serving Jimmy
During an interview at Sunday Projectthe Black Bird star explained how he got that muscular body that would be perfect for the clawed mutant: “Lots of weightlifting, an hour of cycling every day (…), just depleting your calories and having enough time to get where you want to get to. It was fine, however. I had never done it to this extent before, but it was good.”
And to remember that if he took so much thickness, it was good for the role of Jimmy and not for a possible recruitment in Wolverine (although he is always ready to play him!): “It said in the character description that when he comes on stage, he’s in amazing shape, so I tried to do the challenge.” Successful bet !
When Taron Egerton operated a transformation of another kind: