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Planet Action starts now

so get ready and get set for your favorite action stars to go!go!go!

Coming up... we dine in hell with Gerard Butler and the 300

we find out how Brad Pitt stays in the game

and we learn what it takes to be a stuntman

But first

we dive into the world of folklore

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It's time to present our top 3 mythological movies

We kick things off with ‘Thor

Perhaps not the first film in this category that springs to mind as it’s more of a superhero flick

But the character indeed stems from Norse mythology and was invented long before the late Stan Lee turned him into an Avenger

The same goes for folks like Odin, Loki and Sif

places such as Asgard, events like Ragnarok and even Thor’s weapon of choice Mjolnir

In the films Thor is portrayed by Chris Hemsworth

who turned him into quite a cocky guy

Thor was actually is...

you know, He certainly believes he is doing the right thing.

For the Kingdom and the universe

He thinks his old man, or his father

is slipping and is not quite equipped to rule things

So he has taken it upon himself to throw himself into it head first

I have defended the Kingdom of Asgard

and all the lives of the innocent across the nine realms

Our second favorite mythological movie has got to be ‘Troy’

The classical tale itself is still relevant today

as we all know things like a Trojan Horse and an Achilles’ heel

Both the movie and the original poem, ‘The Iliad’ by Homer, focus on a massive war between the Spartans and the Trojans

In it fight the two greatest warriors the world has ever known

between Hector and Achilles

The film is as epic as it gets, featuring massive battle scenes

And The reason ’Troy’ ended up so high on our list is because it shows, what’s in our opinion

the coolest combat sequence ever

The intimate but thrilling fight between Achilles of Sparta and Hector of Troy.

action!

And that brings us to today’s winner; ‘300

Where in ’Troy’ the Spartans were the villains, in this movie they’re the good guys

300’ has incredibly well directed fight scenes that alternates extreme slow motion with very fast paced sword fights

Unlike ‘Thor’ and ’Troy’ this one is actually based on true events

namely the Battle of Thermopylae

Sure some things were changed for dramatic purposes, but the story is at least a little bit historically accurate

It’s a classic underdog tale, but executed to perfection

Not to mention that in terms of dialogue

the whole flick is basically one big one-liner!

This, is where we fight!

This is where they die

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Of all mythological movies, 300 is one of the best

It's visually stunning, its action packed with epic fight scenes that are just thrilling to watch

Let’s get into the CGI altered world of ‘300’!

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This is where we hold them

This is where we fight!

And that would be Icestorm Studios in Montreal,

where most of the classic action hit ‘300’ was shot.

This over the top testosterone driven spectacle is based on the comic books by Frank Miller

who you might know from ‘Sin City

Believe it or not but the plot is actually based on a true story

Sure, it’s fictionalised and there’s plenty of drama added

but a small group of Spartans did stand against the entire Persian army and give them a tough time

Also most of the iconic lines find their origins in authentic Spartan culture

This is where they die

Arm your shield boys!

The Spartans in the film are as cool as it gets, with every single character totally badass

And this too is historically accurate

The reason the ancient culture eventually fell is only because they refused to adapt to a changing world

For example they chose not to use coin money, as they didn’t believe in it.

In doing so, though, they could no longer trade with other nations

Also, they treated outsiders as harshly as they did themselves

resulting in way too many enemies.

Remember this day men

for it will be yours for all time

Okay you can calm down now your highness, they get the picture

300’ is directed by Zack Snyder

while Gerard Butler plays the heroic King Leonidas

Almost everything was shot using blue screens, so for the actors it was never fully clear what the final film would look like

so for the actors it was never fully clear what the final film would look like

I always had a lot of faith in Zack and the team

And the whole way through all I heard were great things

And that worries me because you’ll only be set up for disappointment

and I was very nervous when I went to watch the film

And I was ten times happier with it than I expected to be

Even though the entire film is set outdoors, it was all filmed on sound stages with a whole lot of CGI.

In fact, so much of the film was computer generated, things got a bit confusing sometimes

But it did have some perks

It’s not like hurry up, the sun is setting,It’s windy

It’s really, you know, it becomes this really sort of exposed performance But on the other hand

I think they relied a lot just as you would on the stage you know,

your reality is created by the other actors who’s giving you the performance back

That’s how I sort of felt, and I think that they really… they did that

When you’re acting on the blue screen

it reminded me of when I was a kid and I was just improvising and pretending I was a knight or a warrior or whatever.

It’s freeing in a way because you have to use your imagination

Seldom has a movie had so little plot, yet been so that much fun to watch

It’s all about the action, and it doesn’t bore for a second

In fact, with a body count of no less than 600, it’s the third deadliest film of all time.

The reason it works so well is the way Snyder shot the combat sequences

using slow motion movement alternating with actual speed

add some desaturated colours and a splash of humor

and you get a masterpiece that raked in almost half a billion dollars

Also, if you ever need some motivation to hit the gym, just throw on ‘300’

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After his epic portrayal of King Leonidas in ‘300’

Hollywood welcomed Gerard Butler with open arms

and it was not long before he was starring in a variety of blockbusters alongside the creme de la creme of the movie industry

Let's get to know Gerard Butler a little more

up next

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After being fired from his internship at a law firm

Scottish star Gerard Butler decided to take the opportunity to follow his dream of being an actor

Early roles came in the James Bond film 'Tomorrow Never Dies'

and the ‘Tomb Raider' franchise, sparking a lifelong love of action flicks

I come away with more of a punch from the action

You know… they're movies I finish and I'm like

Wow, that was crazy

to be a part of that and to be leading that is very cool

In 2006, Gerard's action hero persona reached its peak when he starred in '300'

The movie tells the amazing true story of 300 Spartans and their battle against an army of over one million Persians

The film and its characters were based on Frank Miller's graphic novel

I have come across a couple of characters like this before, that I've had to play

But then we're dealing with a graphic novel

. We're also dealing with

a hero that is like no other hero I've come across in terms of focus and strength and actual insanity

But macho action isn't the only string to Butler's bow

In the 2007 romantic drama 'P.S. I Love You'

he was required to sing and dance for the part of Gerry

The singing was fun

It just took a lot of work to try and you know be able to sing and remember the notes,because I don't play the guitar

the dancing was fun for the first ten minutes but after a day and a half

it was getting pretty tired to try and keep it amusing you know

because it takes a long time to do these scenes

In 2008 he hit the big screen in the Guy Ritchie directed action crime thriller 'RockNRolla’

which, oddly, required him to put his dancing shoes back on

I don't think I'll ever make it onto 'Dancing With The Stars' that's for sure

But um…

I think I went from bad to worse

In the 2009 sci-fi thriller 'Gamer', Gerard was back in his action star element, and this time his co-star Michael C. Hall did all the dancing for him

It was what allowed me to take the role in the first place, was that I didn't have to dance and that he did

Um…

and he did a far better job than me, I have to say.

2012’s 'Playing For Keeps' wasn't simply another rom-com for him, though, as Gerard handpicked director Gabriele Muccino.

I pitched this story to him

and said this is what we could do and got him all excited about it and then was involved with a lot of the writing and developing of it so

you know, yeah it's more your

it's more your baby

There was also another round of butt kicking in the 'Olympus Has Fallen' action series

When you're following me through the building, you're there with me making those decisions

you know scoping out the joint, assessing the enemy, trying to establish communication

messing with the bad guy you know, moving by stealth

You're in the middle of all of that."

And if you’re looking for a heist thriller, with some twists you won’t see coming, and Butler as a macho gorilla of a detective, try 2018’s ‘Den of Thieves’.

I was actually looking at my notes last night, remembering notes I made on the character

and it said: Speak to props and have nuts, donuts, pick and mix, everything

He’s always gotta be something in his mouth, eating.

Of course, he then had to shed that extra weight for his next flick

the submarine adventure ‘Hunter Killer’

I put on 30 pounds, and had to train so hard to get there that when I finish, I just, I quit

And that’s stupid, ‘cause I should keep training, but just, Lord, but sometimes I’m just like, I can’t even think of a gym

And in 2019, he closed out his kid friendly trilogy with ‘How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World’

I feel like these movies have all, they’ve been brave

they’ve really taken on some interesting themes and myths, and each one, I think, has outdone the one before

Tense action hero, charming rom com hunk and self-professed dodgy dancer

Gerard Butler's movies have now grossed well over $3 billion dollars

"I just wanna keep working, producing movies, working as an actor, getting better

and then maybe one day I'll direct I don't know.Maybe one day I'll quit

Sometimes I just think I wanna go off and do something completely different or just disappear for a couple of years

So, you know, you ask me that on a different day I'll give you a different answer

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Gerard Butler is known for being a hard-talking, hard-kicking action hero

but what you might not know is that he's used a stunts double in most of his movies, including ‘300

Although the job might sound pretty cool, it takes years of training

Here's what it takes to join the elite squad of stuntmen and women

Earlier on in the episode we already saw the 2004 film ‘Troy’ in our top three mythological movies

It stars Brad Pitt as the hero Achilles

However, unlike Gerard Butler

Brad Pitt didn’t use a stuntman and preferred to do the action scenes himself

ironically tearing his achilles tendon in the process

It's this kind of dedication to his roles that turned him in the superstar that he is

Let’s get to know more about this living legend

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Born in a small town in Oklahoma, Brad Pitt dropped out of college just weeks before graduation to try his luck as an actor in LA

His good looks soon got him noticed

and although it might seem like Pitt was in just about every movie going in the 90s

he was actually careful to choose only the best projects available

Films are exhausting. It‘s six months of your life and

it’s usually at least twelve hours a day maybe twenty four hours a day, somewhere in there

And so it better be something that you're interested in for one

and people that you appreciate and respect two

and something that you think that will stick around

Among his early hits, Brad starred in two films by director David Fincher

the dark thriller 'Se7en

and the cult classic 'Fight Club’, in which Pitt’s chemistry with co-star Edward Norton was immediately apparent

I was instantly attracted

to the idea of

being lovers

Another big success for Brad was the 'Oceans' franchise from director Steven Soderbergh

in which he could really show off his laidback star quality

Listen, it didn't feel like work

You know it's just a bunch of friends hanging out

You know I'm sure Steven would tell you differently because he was also shooting it, and then editing at night

But for us it was just about hanging out and having a good time. And that was the spirit of the movie

After Fincher and Soderbergh, Brad ticked another acclaimed director off his bucket list

working with Quentin Tarantino on 'Inglourious Basterds

We talked about back-story, we talked about movies into the wee hours of the night

and I got up the next morning

and I saw five empty bottles of wine laying on the floor

Five!

And apparently I agreed to do the movie because six weeks late

I was in uniform and I was Lieutenant Aldo Raine

so go figure

In 2011 he starred in the baseball drama 'Moneyball’, and received Oscar nominations as both actor and producer

I know very little about baseball, I'm not a baseball fanatic by any means

But it was about what these guys took on at that time, about trying to survive in an unfair game

How can you be competitive when you have a tenth of the payroll as the big league teams and they're buying all of the talent?

Then the star finally won his first Academy Award for producing director Steve McQueen’s racial drama 'Twelve Years A Slave’

when the film was named 2013’s Best Picture

He asked the question, why are there not more films about American slavery.

I wanna do a film about American slavery.

And it was

a mind boggling question, why aren't there? That's exactly the right question.

After he finally wed his longtime partner Angelina Jolie in 2014

in lieu of a honeymoon, the couple elected to make ‘By the Sea’

their first movie together since meeting on the set of 'Mr. & Mrs. Smith

I mean, it’s really no different than trying to get the kids’ breakfast ready or, you know, it’s a constant tag team with us

and it was really nice to be back on set and to make something that she wrote

and you know I felt,

I don’t know, there was something really moving for me to do that

And nice to be on set and just making a film together again

Sadly, however, the pair split up in September of the following year

Since then, Brad has focused more on his career as a producer

but that just makes it an even bigger event when he returns to the screen

like when he re-teamed with Tarantino

for ’Once Upon A Time In… Hollywood’, opposite Leonardo DiCaprio.

It’s that thing of knowing you got the best of the best on the opposite side of the table

holding up the scene with you, and there’s a great relief in that

As Leo said, we have the same reference points, we kinda came on at the same time, we’ve been going through this at the same time

have similar experiences to laugh about

And I hope we get to do it again. It was great fun

Academy Award winner, world famous sex symbol and all-round modern day movie icon, there will never be another celebrity quite like Brad Pitt

I love movies!

When I was a little kid movies were everything to me

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You know what Gerard Butler and Brad Pitt have in common?

Abs!

These stars had to endure crazy workouts with the help of their personal trainers in preparation for their roles

Let’s find out how important having one of these trainers is for any self-respecting actor

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Being an A-list movie star and being in the best shape possible often go hand in hand

In fact, for most of them it’s just part of their job

When your contract hinges on fitting into a certain costume

or being able to run, jump and dance while you sing

there isn’t much choice when it comes to staying fit

But most celebrities don’t have a background in exercise science or fitness programming

And While it is possible to head to the gym without a plan and still have a great workout

it’s a lot easier when someone is telling you what to do

For instance, take Swedish beauty Alicia Vikander

who really had to work hard and pack on ten pounds of muscle for the role of Lara Croft.

She had help from personal trainer Magnus Lygdback,

a Swedish health and wellness expert who’s worked with the likes of Ben Affleck

Gal Gadot, and Harry Styles, to name just a few

Four months before filming I joined her in London

that’s when we started working out a lot. And a lot heavier.

I don’t want to call it the bulk up phase, it was more a buildup phase

She got to eat a lot of food. Good food, but a lot of food

And Two months before filming we did the cutting cycle

with more high intensity training and obviously a diet

Yep, food matters too

Abs are made in the kitchen

and this is just as true for celebrities as it is for you and me

While there’s no best way to eat, and healthy can mean different things for different people

many celebs have found that sticking to a special diet is the key to their success

So find out which foods are healthiest for you and in which proportions

Remember the ripped body Matthew McConaughey showed off in ‘Magic Mike among other films?

Well, that’s the work of a super specific diet

and of course a little help from trainer to the stars Gunnar Peterson!

Matthew travels a lot

lives in Malibu

One of the hardest workers I’ve ever seen

Comes in and crushes it

And sticks to a diet like a pro body builder

Whatever he has to eat, whenever he has to eat, he’s on it.

And he does not mess up

Not only can hiring a personal trainer take a lot of the guesswork out of what to actually do when you get to the gym

it can help with motivation as well

One such motivator is Ramona Braganza

who’s trained the likes of Jessica Alba, Scarlett Johansson and Blake Lively

They wake up every day and I have to motivate them to exercise and

you know, eating well is a struggle, but you know they have a lot of motivation

So when you know you have to get on the screen in front of a lot of people

and there's the paparazzi waiting outside your doors, you pretty much put in effort.

It’s clear celebrities know the secret to fitness that the rest of us don’t know, or don’t like to admit

it takes dedication, time management, sacrifice

And, of course, some help from a personal trainer

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It's a wrap for Planet Action

, but we’ve got plenty more explosions, stunts and spectacular blockbusters again next time!

See you then!