David Harbour opens up about his 75-POUND weight loss as Hopper in Season 4 of Stranger Things: ‘It was a difficult and exciting ride’
Fans who tuned into Season 4 of Stranger Things this summer noticed that David Harbour’s beloved character Sheriff Jim Hopper went through quite the body transformation.
The first half of Season 4 debuted in late May, with the last two feature-length episodes arriving in July, with many fans asking the 47-year-old actor how he pulled it off.
The actor took to Instagram on Thursday, revealing he lost a whopping 75 pounds between Season 3 and Season 4, and revealing how he did it.
Split screen: Harbour took to Instagram sharing three photos, the first of which was a split-screen shot, with the top photo showing a much heavier Harbour in Season 3 and the bottom showing a much leaner actor
Harbour took to Instagram sharing three photos, the first of which was a split-screen shot, with the top photo showing a much heavier Harbour in Season 3 and the bottom showing a much leaner actor.
He also shared a photo of him and his trainer, David Higgins, with the actor flashing the middle finger to the camera, and another photo of his ripped frame, with visual effects markers all over his body, including a fake arm wound.
The actor began in his lengthy caption, ‘Many of you have asked about Hopper’s physical transformation from season 3 to season 4.’
‘My trainer @davidhigginslondon worked with me for 8months to make the transformation, and then another year to keep it through the pandemic. All told it was a difficult and exciting ride, changing diet and exercise plans (or lack thereof),’ Harbour added.
The actor also revealed that he and Higgins will do an Instagram live session on Friday at 4 PM UK time (11 AM EST/8 AM PST).
‘Wanna answer questions you may have with @davidhigginslondon and tell you what I learned,’ he added.
Trainer: ‘My trainer @davidhigginslondon worked with me for 8months to make the transformation, and then another year to keep it through the pandemic. All told it was a difficult and exciting ride, changing diet and exercise plans (or lack thereof),’ Harbour added
Harbour clarified the second photo with him and Higgins was taken, ‘the week we began, my resistances and fury flaring.’
The third photo showing off his impressive physique was taken on, ‘shoot day,’ clarifying, ‘the black x’s are for cgi scarring because of problems with the practical effect.’
‘All told I lost over 75lbs. 265-270 in season 3 and all the way down to 190 when we shot,’ he added.
Shoot day: The third photo showing off his impressive physique was taken on, ‘shoot day,’ clarifying, ‘the black x’s are for cgi scarring because of problems with the practical effect’
Harbour continued that he, ‘Recently ballooned up again to play jolly ole st. Nick in a flick I can’t wait for you to see this holiday season, so I am struggling to fight back down towards a good weight for wherever hopper ends up in season 5.’
He admitted, ‘All this up and down is not good for the body, and I’ll have to give it up soon, but it is such a fun part of the job to live in a different version of your skin for a while.’
He concluded by asking fans to, ‘Come join us tmrw for the live and bring qs.’
Not good: He admitted, ‘All this up and down is not good for the body, and I’ll have to give it up soon, but it is such a fun part of the job to live in a different version of your skin for a while’
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