Did Russell Crowe gain weight for a movie role, bc of health issues or because he discovered the all you can eat buffet on Carnival Cruises?
I don’t know any details of the picture. But gaining weight as you get older is completely normal for men and women. If you’re expecting to have a 25 year old physic at 50 you’re in for a lot of depression long before you reach 50.
Plus people like Crow worked out a lot. You don’t get movie star muscle without doing a lot of work, and probably some short cuts. When you stop doing that you gain weight that isn’t muscle.
Shit, even going from a semi active lifestyle to a 9-5 office job will add a belly if you’re not hitting the gym.
He looks normal for a guy his age, and for what he’s done for decades.
Gaining weight as you age is not “normal”. It is “common”.
If you’re expecting to have a 25 year old physic at 50 you’re in for a lot of depression long before you reach 50.
Meanwhile, Ernie Hudson at 78 years old.
Role in this case, went up to 270lbs and lost 50lbs after
To paraphrase him “People can say what they want about my weight, I can bench press them, the reverse isn’t true”