Alias: 8 meals a day and 20 extra kilos, Alban Lenoir’s unique preparation for his role

Alban Lenoir takes power with AKA

Morgan S. Dalibert’s first film, starring Alban Lenoir as an effective special agent, is currently a worldwide hit on Netflix. As of May 10, 2023, AKA is really already at 7th on the all-time list of the platform for a non-English language film. With 41.6 million full visual equivalents, it ranks first in 93 of the 192 countries where Netflix is ​​distributed. A phenomenal success, which if confirmed could place AKA to the 2nd place in the all-time top for a non-English language film.

A success that owes much to the performance of Alban Lenoir in the role of Adam Franco, responsible for the basic works of the French government and who is entrusted with the mission of infiltrating a criminal group to prevent a terrorist attack. To embody this character, the actor of The intervention AND Lost bullet he has in fact physically transformed, with the aim of obtaining a very imposing musculature (video at the beginning of the article).

“7.8 meals a day, in room 5.6 times a week”

As Alban Lenoir explains, the goal was not to get a character with an aesthetic physique, but rather to give him a look”lumberjackFor this the 20 kilos gained are divided into 10 kilos of muscle and 10 kilos of fat. The character had to exude raw and intimidating power. And for this reason the program was intense: between 7 and 8 meals a day for four months, and an almost daily visit to the gym.

We can find, in the images below, examples of exercises that he complied with. And to see his expressions and his grimaces, in reality he wasn’t pretending …

Source: Cine Serie

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