'There's always going to be a better-built guy than you': Robert Pattinson refuses to fuel Hollywood's male beauty standards

Robert Pattinson does not want to play the game of male beauty canons in Hollywood.

"I think if you're exercising all the time, you're keeping the problem going," he said in a 2020

interview , claiming he had "almost nothing" to do to get himself. physically preparing to don his superhero cape in

movie .

Recently, the actor returned to these remarks which earned him many criticisms at the time.

Admitting, admittedly, that it was a “joke”, he continues to proclaim that he does not want to talk about his sports routine in public so as not to fuel aesthetic ideals in the film industry.

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"I had so many problems for saying that I wasn't training, even from my coach, who said to me, 'Why did you say that?' an interview with British magazine

published on Thursday 19 January.

Uncomfortable with her status as a sex symbol, the Dior Homme muse explains that it is "quite embarrassing to answer questions about your training, because there will always be a guy who will be better built than you".

Physical transformations

Suki Waterhouse's companion took advantage of this development to point out the "crazy" body standards to which young actors must comply, in particular to prepare to play their next role on the screen.

Indeed, the impressive transformations of some of his colleagues to put themselves in the skin of a character are often glorified in the men's press, where their sports routine and their diet are described in the smallest details.

"And it's also very, very easy to fall into this pattern, even if you're just watching your calorie intake, it's extraordinarily addictive - and you don't realize how insidious it is until you it's too late,” he continued in the interview.

Detox cure and ketogenic diet

If he assures that he has never had a problem with his body image, the hero of the

admits he's tried extreme diet control methods before.

“I basically tried every mode you can think of, everything except consistency.

Once, I only ate potatoes for two weeks, as a detox.

Just boiled potatoes and Himalayan pink salt.

Apparently it's a cleanse… You lose weight, definitely,” he says.

“And I tried doing the ketogenic diet once.

I was like, "Oh, there's a diet where you only eat charcuterie boards and cheese all the time?"

But I didn't realize that you can't drink beer because it completely defeats the purpose."

One of his good resolutions for 2023?

Try to bring a little "coherence" to his plate,

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