November 7, 2023
Jeremy Allen White Beefs Up, and Gay Twitter Takes Notice
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 2 MIN.
"Shameless" and "The Bear" star Jeremy Allen White got buff for his role in wrestling movie "The Iron Claw," where he's set to share the screen with Zac Efron. Thirsty Twitter users took notice.
White's highly acclaimed Hulu show "The Bear," in which he portrays gifted chef Carmen "Carmy" Berzatto, who labors away at his dead brother's sandwich shop, has scored critical success with its second season. But that's not what prompted British GQ to put him on the cover of its "Men of the Year" issue.
"White has been making headlines for his physique as much as his acting," British GQ reported in an article theorizing about how the actor put on the muscle he needed for the role.
"Shots of him out jogging in L.A. not only broke the internet, but sent us into a spiral of fitness envy."
British GQ consulted with high-profile fitness trainer Chris Antoni about how White might be working out to gain a "lean" look that's not "oversized" (likely "higher rep, lower weight workouts," the article surmised), and what he might be eating (bison meat, whole grains).
But the Twitter response to the article made it clear that social media users would just as soon snack on White himself – and some couldn't help comparing the photos the magazine ran with a certain recent Song of the Summer.
Source: A24
White will play Kerry Von Erich in the Sean Durkin-directed movie, while Efron will play his brother Kevin Von Erich. The brothers were part of "the Von Erich family," UK newspaper the Daily Mail noted in an article on Efron. Headed by Fritz Von Erich (whose character in the ring was a Nazi), the family "created a dynasty that made a huge impact on the sport in their heyday in the 1960s until tragedy struck, again, and again," with three of the family's six sons – several of whom followed in their father's footsteps – dying by their own hands.
Another son died at age six in an accident, and another died at "25 of a suspected painkiller overdose during a tour with All Japan Pro Wrestling on February 10, 1984," the Mail said. Harris Dickinson and Stanley Simons also star as brothers David and Mike Von Erich, with Holt McCallany playing the family patriarch.
Still need more White? Check out these pics from his Instagram:
Kilian Melloy serves as EDGE Media Network's Associate Arts Editor and Staff Contributor. His professional memberships include the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association, the Boston Online Film Critics Association, The Gay and Lesbian Entertainment Critics Association, and the Boston Theater Critics Association's Elliot Norton Awards Committee.
