Nicholas Galitzine was “ready to eat something disgusting” after he finished filming Masters of the Universe.
Nicholas Galitzine stars in Masters of the Universe
The 31-year-old actor got himself in tip-top physical shape to play He-Man in Masters of the Universe, the new Travis Knight-directed sword and sorcery film, and Nicholas has now shared details of his first cheat meal after filming wrapped.
Speaking to People, Nicholas explained: “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.”
Asked whether that first cheat meal lived up to his hopes, Nicholas replied: “Better. Food is everything to me. It truly is.”
Meanwhile, Nicholas recently admitted that he was desperate to impress his stunt double on Masters of the Universe.
The movie star prepared meticulously to play He-Man in the new film, and Nicholas admitted that he did his very best to impress his stunt double.
The actor – who stars in Masters of the Universe alongside Camila Mendes, Alison Brie, Morena Baccarin, Kristen Wiig, Jared Leto, and Idris Elba – told Entertainment Weekly: “I feel really like I was constantly in search of his validation, because he’s such a bad***.
“But there’s obviously the cliché about the actor who always wants to do his own stunts. And I got very lucky that Jonny [James], my stunt double, was so brilliant and really trained me.”
Nicholas explained that he spent months working with his stunt double in preparation for the movie, because he wanted the action scenes to look as realistic as possible.
The actor – who previously played Hayes Campbell, the lead singer of boy band August Moon, in the 2024 rom-com The Idea of You – said: “We spent many, many, many hours for months together brainstorming how we could make it feel grounded in how He-Man would move.”
