{"id":26308,"date":"2026-08-07T01:21:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T01:21:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=26308"},"modified":"2026-08-07T01:21:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T01:21:05","slug":"tom-holland-tries-extreme-bodybuilding-trick-for-shirtless-spider-man-scene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldbodybuildingnews.com\/?p=26308","title":{"rendered":"Tom Holland Tries Extreme Bodybuilding Trick for Shirtless Spider-Man Scene"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Spider-Man<\/i> star Tom Holland discovered the hard way that not every Hollywood body-transformation trick is worth trying.<\/p>\n

While filming the latest installment in the franchise, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, <\/i>the 30-year-old actor revealed he experimented with a controversial bodybuilding technique to make his muscles appear more defined for a shirtless scene. The results, however, were more snippy than shredded.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had tried to do that stupid dehydration thing for that scene, where I didn\u2019t drink any water the day before, and then I drank loads of water the day before that,\u201d the actor told Entertainment Weekly<\/a> in an interview published August 3.<\/p>\n

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Tom Holland is seen on the set of ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ on August 3, 2025, in Glasgow, Scotland.<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Holland admitted that he attempted to dehydrate himself before filming a Russian bathhouse scene with actress Florence Pugh, 30, who reprises her role as Yelena Belova in the film.<\/p>\n