Rupert Everett put a lot of effort into trying to get the perfect physique at the beginning of his career, but now he is suffering the consequences.
the My best friend’s wedding The star recently opened for The Guardian About how he is now “almost paralyzed” after not exercising properly when he was younger.
“I destroyed myself,” he said. “Now I’m almost paralyzed as a result. I could never be bothered to do all those things, like stretching, that were necessary to lift the weights. Weights, because your tendons become tighter and tighter. Very boring. I didn’t do any of that.
“So I think my death now will be musculoskeletal,” he added.
Everett broke out in the early 1980s with his role in Another countrystarring alongside Colin Firth, and Dancing with a stranger With Miranda Richardson. He later gained more attention when he played Julia Roberts’ gay best friend in 1997 My best friend’s weddingThen with the 1990s The perfect husband And 2000 Next best thingopposite Madonna.
before Competitors The actor has even started working on his toned physique, as he revealed that he was wearing underwear on set to look better.
“I met these two queens at Tufnell Park who made bodysuits, and they made me a fake ass, a fake leg, a fake shoulder, a fake everything,” Everett said, admitting that he wore them in “everything” early in his acting career.
However, he claimed that the directors were not aware of this, because he was “going to the costume fittings wearing all my stuff”.
Men and women in Hollywood have long felt pressure when it comes to their physical appearance. twilight Star Robert Pattinson even recently responded to critics of his superhero physique in 2022 BatmanSaying, “I trained every day. Even after that, I still looked like I didn’t train. I trained twice a day at around 3 a.m..”
