Rob McElhenney got ‘jacked and ready to throw down’ for a movie, and something didn’t add up.
The 44-year-old actor and creator of ‘It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’ told Ryan Reynolds in Men’s Health that chasing that superhero body—muscular, hard, but also sensitive without going too far—made him understand something few men admit out loud: there is a mold of masculinity that no one can fully inhabit, and that is also impossible to sustain ethically. 💪
McElhenney pointed to Hollywood and its superhero movies as part of the problem, noting that it was men, not women, who became most obsessed with his physique when he achieved it. The irony was right there, uncomfortable: you strive for an ideal, and it ends up being another man who validates it the most. 🎬
