The Iron Claw Star Zac Efron Flaunts His Sculpted Wrestling Figure

Zac Efron has a history of significantly altering his physique for film roles. He is most known for turning into a super-shredded version of himself for the 2017 film Baywatch. He has remarked on several occasions that this procedure drove him to the edges of his physical capabilities and ultimately led to “burnout.”

Kevin Von Erich, one of the real-life Von Erich wrestling dynasties that was tormented by a series of catastrophes in the 1970s and 1980s, was again portrayed by Efron in his most recent movie, the wrestling drama The Iron Claw, which was produced by A24. Efron once again packed on muscle to play Kevin Von Erich. Nevertheless, this time around, the emphasis was placed not so much on attaining a ripped and mega-defined appearance as it was on modeling oneself like the actual wrestlers of that era.

Several stills that show Zac Efron in his ring outfit, which is a skimpy gold speedo that he has previously compared to Magic Mike, are included in a new Instagram post that Efron has published. These stills provide a glimpse into the wrestler body that Zac Efron developed for the film.

“I have so much admiration and respect for the world of Professional Wrestling and to the sacrifice and dedication of the athletes,” he stated beside the picture’s description. “These guys tour for MONTHS putting their bodies on the line everyday to perform.”

The wrestling legend Chavo Guerrero, Jr., who also works behind the scenes to train Efron and his co-stars Jeremy Allen White and Harris Dickinson so that they could perform their own fighting stunts, was referred to by Efron as “an honor to step into the ring and learn from one of the best.” Efron added that it was “an honor to step into the ring and learn from one of the best.”

“All of the wrestling that you see in this movie is done by our actors,” Guerrero stated in a glimpse behind the scenes at their preparatory work. “Any time they were in the ring, it was them doing the moves…wrestling is a lot more real than people think.”