Channing Tatum was ''super fat'' when filming stared on 'Magic Mike XXL' because he had been spending time at home with his wife and daughter.
Channing Tatum was ''super fat'' when he started filming 'Magic Mike XXL'.
The 35-year-old actor - who has two-year-old daughter Everly with wife Jenna Dewan-Tatum - spent over four months training and a month on a diet to shed the pounds to get in shape for the stripper sequel.
He said: ''I was super fat when I started. It was daddy fat. Actually, it was every kind of fat.
''I haven't eaten for four days!''
Though Channing resumes his role as the titular stripper in the movie, he insists the plot is very different to the first 'Magic Mike'.
He said: ''I'd call it a lot more fun and probably a little less dark.''
And if there is ever a third movie in the saga, Channing thinks that one will be different too.
He said: ''If we do another one, it will be someone gets kidnapped and we turn it into an action movie.''
The movies are based on the '22 Jump Street' star's own experiences as a stripper, and though he enjoyed ''going back in time'' in a ''controlled'' way, he has no desire to revisit those days for real.
He told Grazia magazine: ''I don't know if I understood anything when I was 19. I don't know if I learned anything profound.
''You can look back on the crazy times and think, 'That was insane!'
''I like that I got out unscathed for the most part. But I don't want to go back. I like the controlled going back in time.''
On the same day that Glastonbury welcomed back Margate's adopted sons, The Libertines, Margate itself put on it's very own Leisure Festival as it...
Sheffield's very own all girl group Pretty Fierce are still on a high after the recent release of their debut single - 'Ready For Me'.
Three nights before the end of his current tour Will Varley returned to his home town of Deal to delight a sold out crowd in The Astor Theatre.
With only a few days to go before Portsmouth based songstress and producer WYSE releases her new single, 'Belladonna', we caught up with her to find...
Colorado raised, Glasgow educated and Manchester based Bay Bryan is nothing if not a multi-talented, multi-faceted artist performing as both...
Former Marigolds band member Keelan Cunningham has rediscovered his love of music with his new solo project Keelan X.
Wiltshire singer-songwriter Luke De Sciscio, formally known as Folk Boy, is set to release is latest album - 'The Banquet' via AntiFragile Music on...
Electronic music pioneer and producer Annie Elise says that the release of her first EP - 'Breathe In, Breathe Out' feels "both vulnerable and...
The legend of Bigfoot is turned upside down in this animated adventure from Warner Bros,...
Two years ago, Kingsman: The Secret Service seemed to come out of nowhere, ruffling feathers...
Good news: Steven Soderbergh's well-publicised retirement from directing only lasted about four years. He's back...
Jimmy and Clyde Logan are two down-and-out brothers from West Virginia. Jimmy has been fired...
For those who knew him, Gary Unwin (better known as Eggsy to his friends), was...
A spin-off from 2014's awesome The Lego Movie, this raucously paced action-comedy is proof that...
An intelligent ode to a time when Hollywood made wildly inventive movies without pressure from...
Ever since his wonderful appearance in Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel, we've been waiting...
Quentin Tarantino is a filmmaker who simply can't be ignored, especially when he lobs a...
John Ruth earnt his nickname The Hangman for a good reason, he's one of the...
Eddie Mannix is a fixer who works in Hollywood where he tames celebrities and keeps...
John Ruth, known by his associates and like-minded peers as The Hangman on account of...