In a few months Paul Rudd will be 54 years old. But the actor still looks as fresh as at the beginning of his career. While many people joke that the “Ant-Man” star is a vampire, he now reveals the secret of his eternal youth.
“Ant-Man” actor Paul Rudd is one of those stars who has apparently fallen into the eternal fountain of youth. In any case, it is hard to believe that the “Sexiest Man Alive” of 2021 will be 54 on April 9, given his still youthful appearance. So why is Rudd holding up so much better than most of his male peers? In an interview with “Men’s Health” he has now revealed his secret and revealed that it has nothing to do with hard training – quite the opposite.
Accordingly, he is asked at regular intervals about his nutrition plan, or: “How often do you train per week? Do you drink (alcohol)? Do you eat carbohydrates? Do you have a cheat day?” But none of these questions hit the mark, according to Rudd. Instead, he elaborates, “The most important part of training is sleeping.” It has to be eight hours a day for Rudd’s taste.
In his opinion, without enough sleep, even the most intensive training is useless. Taking extra naps so you can spend more time in the gym is the biggest mistake. In Rudd’s view, these people would be “doing themselves a disservice”. However, “Ant-Man” can’t do without sports either. After his eight hours in bed, he starts his day “with cardio before I’ve eaten anything.”
Since 2015, Rudd has been mimicking the size-adjustable superhero of the Marvel franchise. In the past eight years, thanks to the role, he has learned a lot about his own body and its needs, he explains. Like Marvel colleague Chris Pratt (“Guardians of the Galaxy”), he also had to get in shape with the help of personal trainers and nutritionists. In addition to a certain basic fitness, it also gave him mental stability – so that he felt “less like an impostor” as a superhero.
So Rudd’s secret to eternal youth seems to be this: exercise, but don’t overdo it – and hit your ears enough. Especially since there is always this one mountain of muscles that cannot be avoided anyway, as the star revealed to “People” magazine in 2021 with a wink: “I still remember what it was like on the set of ‘Endgame’. I’ve had so long and trained hard, ate perfectly, worked like a pro. And then I was standing next to Chris Hemsworth and I was like, ‘What’s the point? Why even try it?'”
