TDKR General Information

[Z. Cobb]

Arthur 2.0 ??????

no he's a looper.

[eisentower30]

Hardy does steroids. Bale does steroids. Who cares? They all do it. No way they can go role to role without it. I'm surprised that it goes untouched by Congress, while sports are getting harassed yearly. I guess the difference is that it isn't making the playing field uneven. Get selected to play a character? Take some steroids, on the studio's budget. Hell, just look at Thor. My god.

And yes, much of it has to do with genetics. But that's just a shape thing. His mass went up for Warrior, then back down, then back up for TDKR. It's not that easy, no matter who you are. And I played professional baseball for three years in the Indians organization and I saw plenty of steroids users and some of the symptoms from set photos are reminiscent, specifically the back acne.

So where's the proof they do steroids? You should really provide some sort of hard proof before making stupid accusations like that. You are the reason awful rumors like this get spread.

Spew that crap to TMZ, but not here.

I'm not trying to spread rumors. You've got to be a dumb shit to not believe that many actors take steroids in order to speed up their process. They work ridiculously hard. You have to, Steroids are not magic pills. They just enhance your hard work. 300, Thor, Bale going from Machinist to Batman Begins to Rescue Dawn to Dark Knight... these aren't surprises, it's just what it takes.

[Skyab23]

there's little doubt that there is steroid use in Hollywood, however, like was mentioned previously, it's not a magic pill. It still takes a ton of hard work and dedication in the gym and in your diet to get and maintain results.

[loop]

Arthur 2.0 ??????

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no he's a looper.

Heh.

Nolan and his wardrobe department sure know how to dress JGL. Gotham may be in ashes, the GCPD nowhere to be seen, but Blake faces whatever comes with style.

[daveyf]

there's little doubt that there is steroid use in Hollywood, however, like was mentioned previously, it's not a magic pill. It still takes a ton of hard work and dedication in the gym and in your diet to get and maintain results.

It's not like its cheating if its all aesthetic.

[Crazy Eight]

specifically the back acne.

Yeah... I've gone from fatty to fit, and gained a large amount of muscle in the last 4 months. I've worked my ass off, and it's extremely noticeable. Parts of my body have literally been transformed from fat to muscle over that short time frame. Obviously, as a student, I didn't go through the kind of camps Hardy went through to get to Bane size, either. I literally did a third of the amount of lifting he did daily, I didn't have a nutritionalist, and aside from eating healthy, I didn't go on some protein crash diet for 3 months either. The closest thing to it was when I decided I wanted to cut. That all being said, while doing it, I gained a shit ton of back acne. It's a fucking bitch. I use to never have it until I started this process, and as previously mentioned, I'm not even close to what Tom's workout/eating level was.

As another example, a friend of mine went the opposite direction. Four months ago he was pushing model-cut. The guy was fit as hell. Then he just stopped working out. Since then he's lost all of his definition. He lost all that in four months, and he didn't even change his diet.

My point being, massive gains and losses, especially with a nutritionalist in your pocket, are possible without juicing, and things like back acne are not conclusive evidence. It's safe to say that someone who bulked to Hemsworth's size in that kind of time frame, and then back down so quickly, took steroids. I don't think it's physically possible to get a body like that so quickly and then lose it equally as quickly without some kind of enhancement. However, Hardy's never gotten near that size. In Warrior he was cut as fuck, but he wasn't enormous. In Bronson and TDKR he was extremely bulky, but a lot of his weight comes from fat as well. He's never had an obvious steroid body. I don't know whether he took roids or not, but it's not safe to assume that he did.

[eisentower30]

specifically the back acne.

Bronson and TDKR he was extremely bulky, but a lot of his weight comes from fat as well. He's never had an obvious steroid body. I don't know whether he took roids or not, but it's not safe to assume that he did.

You may be right. Either way, I have tons of respect. I think This Means War was my trigger. He looks very-much like a steroid user in that movie. Very cut, very trimmed down. I don't know. He's a unique individual. He's shorter too, so fluctuations are possible al natural. It's just so much money and so much riding on their looks that I have to assume steroids are involved. I also question with his drug background if he would have even done it, since there would be a fear of addiction. I just don't know. But I feel okay with my assumption.

[David8]

No way are Bale and Hardy doing steroids. Their size is not nearly big enough for steroid use. Supplements? Yes. But 3 months is enough time to put on the kind of mass Hardy did simply by working out and eating right.

[SilverHeart]

Bale definitely isn't. going from Machinist to Begins, using steroids would actually probably be less effective and just more dangerous, considering basically starving yourself and then suddenly putting on, what, triple your weight in three months?

[Crazy Eight]

Bronson and TDKR he was extremely bulky, but a lot of his weight comes from fat as well. He's never had an obvious steroid body. I don't know whether he took roids or not, but it's not safe to assume that he did.

You may be right. Either way, I have tons of respect. I think This Means War was my trigger. He looks very-much like a steroid user in that movie. Very cut, very trimmed down. I don't know. He's a unique individual. He's shorter too, so fluctuations are possible al natural. It's just so much money and so much riding on their looks that I have to assume steroids are involved. I also question with his drug background if he would have even done it, since there would be a fear of addiction. I just don't know. But I feel okay with my assumption.

Wait, this looks like a steroid body to you?

He's not much bigger than I am in This Means War (arms)... And you make a good point about his drug addiction. I'd find it hard to believe that a man who won't touch a beer would be fine with taking steroids. You're also right about his height. A lot of people forget that he's 5'9, and that he's never even past 200 pounds.