Paul Rudd says he offered to host a 'strategy session' with Chris Evans about being the Sexiest Man Alive, but the actor 'never returned 1 text'
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- Paul Rudd had some advice for Chris Evans, who was named People's Sexiest Man Alive last November.
- "This comes with a lot of responsibility," said Rudd, who added "there's a lot expected of you."
- Rudd was given the title of Sexiest Man Alive in 2021.
With great power comes great responsibility, particularly if you're People's Sexiest Man Alive.
Paul Rudd, who was given the title in 2021, had some advice for his "Avengers" costar, Chris Evans, who was named Sexiest Man Alive last November.
"Oh, yeah. I absolutely said, 'Look, here's the deal, Chris. This comes with a lot of responsibility," Rudd joked. "If you want to sit down and maybe have like, we'll probably need to spend the day, it's going to take hours, because there's a lot you have to live up to and there's a lot expected of you. And if you want to have like a real strategy session or what it's been like and what's required, I'm available. And I gave him a series of days."
Added Rudd: "Yeah, he's never returned one text. [But he's] absolutely busy. He's the Sexiest Man Alive. There are no days off for that."
Rudd will next appear in "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," due out February 17. Although the actor works out at least three times a week and maintains a diet that includes eggs, salmon, and protein shakes without fruit, getting in shape for Marvel's latest superhero film was "so much harder" than doing so for the previous movie, the actor told Men's Health.
"I worked really hard to get back into shape for 'Quantumania,' and I realized, 'Oh my God, this is so much harder than it was [for the last Ant-Man project]," he said. "I had fallen off more than I had in the past. All of a sudden my clothes fit tight. And I thought, 'God, this sucks. I can't even wear these pants.'"
Added Rudd: "So I'd say to myself, Well, I might as well just eat some of these cookies. I was irritable and self-conscious. I just wasn't in a good mood. I really beat myself up."
The actor said his unrelenting work ethic was crucial to getting back in fighting shape.
"I can be a hyper-focused person if I have a goal," said Rudd. "If I'm doing one of these movies and I know that in four months I have to do a shirtless scene, I'm pretty dialed in. I also try and find the happy medium. I could work out hard and eat perfectly and I'll still look worse than most of the other Avengers."