Fans of Tyler Perry's Madea film franchise may possibly not realize the actor/director in his newest part -- and not just simply because he plays a guy.
The 6 -foot- 6, 225-pound star underwent a significant physical transformation to turn himself into an action hero for the film Alex Cross, primarily based on James Patterson's greatest - selling crime novels. In addition to cardio and weight - instruction, he took up the Israeli martial art Krav Maga and entirely produced above his diet, swapping Cajun favorites like dirty rice and pork chops for leaner proteins like grilled chicken and ground turkey. The result ? A 30-pound excess weight reduction.
Perry opened up to Us Weekly about his new physique on the red carpet for the Cinema Society's screening of Alex Cross at New York's Tribeca Grand Hotel Thursday evening.
"I knew I was going to do the very best I [could ]," he said, when asked whether he ever worried he would not get in form in time for the film. "I don't place that sort of strain on myself...I do the absolute finest I can do. I wanted to be twenty pounds lighter than I was, but it is what it is."
The only thing that virtually scared him off from the undertaking was the truth that Morgan Freeman had played Alex Cross before him, in Kiss the Girls and Along Came a Spider.
"I walked away from [the role ] since Morgan Freeman had carried out it, and I did not want to go right after Morgan Freeman, because that man is brilliant," he explained. "I indicate, the guy played God! But then as I study James' description, I recognized he was essentially describing me...so then I thought, 'This is it.'"
Now, he stated, "I just experience truly confident. I feel fantastic."
He feels so fantastic, in fact, that he has continued the grueling diet regime and ph ysical exercise routine he began just before the film.
"The Krav Maga genuinely helps to preserve [the weight ] off," the 43- yr - old actor advised Us. "And I'm laying off the donuts."
His a single weakness?
" It's cognac," he exposed. "I like a good glass of cognac in the evening. Which is challenging to give up."
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