John Cena Slims Down For New Role Portraying Human Man

LOS ANGELES-Confirming he had become almost unrecognizable to friends and family, wrestler-turned-actor John Cena opened up Tuesday about slimming down for a new role in which he would portray a human man.I knew I had to take drastic measures if I wanted to convincingly pass for a human man on screen," said a now 5-foot-9, 160-pound Cena, who had to reduce his daily caloric intake by 97% to lose enough muscle to play a somewhat fit guy, rather than a large, taut mass of superhuman brawn. My agent said it would all pay off once studio executives saw that I could believably approximate a Homo sapien male."

It took a lot of sacrifice and dedication to turn my marblelike figure into such a soft, ordinary body, but I told myself it wasn't worth doing unless I was going to do it right-I didn't want to rely on expensive CGI to de-beef my delts," he continued. Plus, this way I can get into the mind of my character, feeling firsthand what it's like to be physically unremarkable. I did think about backing out after I could no longer see my veins bulging out from under my skin, but then the leg-shortening, jaw-filing, and torturous pec-loosening surgeries would have all been for nothing."At press time, Cena said he would be working with a speech coach to learn how to talk without pointing and yelling.

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