Written by There is plenty of exciting info to report on the new “Masters of the Universe” Movie thanks to a new ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY article out now!
Below are some never before seen images… as well as highlights dealing with actor Nicholas Galitzine’s incredible body transformation, the script, characters, the key to the movie… and even Subternia is mentioned (a vast system of dangerous caverns or the Land of the Dead, depending on the lore!)
Check out these highlights:
Nicholas Galitzine on his body transformation:
“Truthfully, I feel like I learned a lot about myself and how far I was willing to push myself and really suffering for it, and it took a really, really long time. It’s really not for the faint of heart. This is something that you need to do full-time for six months minimum, but I’m really happy.”
Nicholas Galitzine on wearing the He-Man Costume:
“It’s a peculiar thing, being in a miniskirt and harness while everyone’s fully dressed in puffer jackets and whatnot. Obviously, it’s such a personal journey for you, and you see your body every day and really it’s not till people who’ve seen you six months prior then see you there — in Eternia, Snake Mountain, Subternia, wherever it may be — you gain validation off of other people’s reactions to it.”
Producer Jason Blumenthal on Nicholas Galitzine’s body transformation:
“Here’s the real reality: Some of them had the body, some of them had the acting chops. I don’t know anyone that could’ve done it the way Nick did it, because not only did he fully commit, his body transformation was 100-percent real. There are no tricks, there are no pills, there are no…nothing. I sat there with him for months. He did it old school.””
Director Travis Knight on Nicholas Galitzine muscle gain:
“He was training on set as we were in prep. And when I saw him again, I was like, holy s—. I couldn’t believe how much he had changed. He had put on so much muscle in such a short period of time. Sometimes I’ll look at photos back when I first met him, and it looks like a totally different dude.”
Director Travis Knight on being a superfan of Masters of the Universe since childhood:
“I watched the cartoon. I played with the toys. I read the comics. To this day, I still have Adam’s introductory speech committed to memory. I could recite it for you. I won’t, but I could.”
Writer Chris Butler discusses working on his revisions to the “Masters of the Universe” Script:
“The shape of the story was already there. A lot of what Travis and I wanted it to be was to nod to the thing that we love so much as kids, take it back to its roots…. If Barbie was the toy for girls, He-Man was the toy for men. It was about might and power and being top dog. And so definitely thematically, I wanted to lean into that and what it means to be a man and what it means to be a human.”
Actor Nicholas Galitzine on the script:
“Very rarely, you get a script and you understand the character immediately — you quite confidently feel like I can embody this person. This was like playing two characters, in a lot of ways. We’re not reinventing the wheel necessarily, but the arc was so powerful. And I think as someone who grew up in a very masculine sphere of rugby but always felt like a really sensitive, emotionally intuitive person, I really did see myself in this character.”
Nicholas Galitzine on Prince Adam‘s mentality on Earth:
His life on Earth is a little soulless, it’s a little mundane, it’s devoid of color and life. It’s frustrating, because Adam feels like he sees the best in people, he wants the best for people, but it doesn’t feel like any of that is reciprocated for him. What is it like to be a pariah from such a young age, and always be gaslit into thinking that there’s something wrong with you, but also the feeling that you weren’t really at home on your home planet either? So it’s this feeling of not really belonging anywhere.
“To protect himself, Adam forms a “cocoon to remove [himself] from the possibility of feeling and being disappointed and hoping. Eventually, after 15 years, he’s really a shadow of a person. He’s lost hope. And so we meet him in quite a depressive sort of place.”
Actress Camila Mendes on Teela:
“It’s hard to talk about Teela without talking about her relationship to her father, because I feel like so much of who she is has to do with how she was, I guess, let down as a kid, and I feel like that really built this outer wall around her that’s sort of like shielding this inner sensitivity. She’s affected by toxic masculinity just as much as the men in the film. And I think she’s sort of adopted masculinity to protect herself in this very masculine world. It’s how she survives. She’s in survival mode, and has been for a very long time.”
Actor Idris Elba on Man-At-Arms:
“(I wasn’t familiar with Duncan from the cartoons, outside of him being) strong, and he had that incredible mustache. I wanted to bring a human story to Duncan, because he has a really lovely father-daughter story that I really wanted to bring some color to.”
President of Mattel Studios Robbie Brenner on the key to “Masters of the Universe”
“(Brenner thinks the key is how the movie “doesn’t take itself too seriously.) We’re living at a time where everybody is very serious about everything. There’s a lot going on in the world…. It’s just funny, and it’s fun and not insulting. And it has everything wrapped up in one, which I think is so exciting, and so different about it. That’s what makes it bold, and that’s what makes it interesting.”
Be sure to check out the full Entertainment Weekly article by Clicking HERE.
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I can’t wait
Great cover story! Its a shame EW is no longer a print magazine any more. Lots of juicy info tho.
Interesting how they state Noah and Co were never actually cast as Adam/He-Man despite all the news and talk show announcements.
It is stupid for Camilla Mendes to use buzz words like toxic masculinity. PR needs to get a hold of her.
@firefly nobody needs to get a hold of her, she’s a free human who doesn’t need to be handled by big companies who don’t like when women speak up about real issues
It is dumb to hurt the box office if you don’t have to. Learn from Rachel Zegler’s mistakes. This movie probably doesn’t even have toxic masculinity in it unless we are really counting Skeletor’s normal behavior. It is her probably just projecting her feelings. This film needs as little controversy as possible as it is far from a guaranteed hit.