Justice LeagueandSpider-Man: No Way HomestarJ.K. Simmonshas shared the story behind the viral images of him working out that had the internet in a frenzy. Going viral back in 2017 around the release of the theatrical cut ofJustice League, the images show Simmons lifting weights and looking all kinds of muscular and vascular, with many left wondering just how the then 62-year-old actor got so buff.
Now, speaking withComicbook.com, Simmons reveals that it was all due to starring in a movie “emaciated,” something which he asserts that he achieved healthily, before hitting the gym, the protein, and then Instagram.
“Here’s the thing about getting jacked for Justice League. I had done a movie called, I’m Not Here, coincidentally, written and directed by my wife. I played a character who was emaciated, think of The Machinist, and I had lost a ton of weight, and without being unhealthy I’d lost 35 pounds. So when I went back into the gym with my pal, Aaron Williamson, and just started pounding the protein and going crazy at good old Gold’s Gym in Laurel Canyon in the valley. He snapped a few pictures when I was really pumped up and at my strongest during that period, asked if I would be okay if he posted it on Instagram. I didn’t know what Instagram was, I didn’t know anything. This was a few years ago. And I was like, yeah, sure, whatever.”
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The images surprised not only fans online, but also his friends, with many speculating that he had gotten in such great shape to play Commissioner Gordon inJustice League. However, as Simmons explains, this was never the case…and wouldn’t have made much sense anyway.
“And then three, four months later, all of a sudden, somebody’s whatever, it reposting it and I get texts from 30 friends in the same day, ‘What the hell? Whoa, man, that picture, blah, blah, blah.’ And the press got ahold of it and said, because I was about to do Zack Snyder’s Justice League, the assumption was, ‘Oh, well, he’s getting jacked so he can be in a DC comic.’ But if you think about it, Commissioner Gordon wears a trench coat the whole movie. So it really doesn’t matter what his biceps look like, it was just coincidental timing with me trying to reclaim my distant athletic youth and trying to stay fit and give my wife some eye candy.”
J.K. Simmons Will Next Play a Buff Santa Alongside The Rock in Red One
After Santa Claus is kidnapped, the North Pole’s Head of Security (Dwayne Johnson) must team up with a notorious bounty hunter (Chris Evans) in a thrilling, globe-spanning mission to save Christmas. This action-packed holiday adventure mixes comedy and festive magic, with an ensemble cast that includes Lucy Liu and J.K. Simmons.
J.K. Simmons will soonstar as a hench Santa Clausalongside the Hollywood man mountain that is Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson in the upcoming Christmas action movie,Red One. Directed by Jake Kasdan and written by Chris Morgan, Red One stars Dwayne Johnson, Chris Evans, Kiernan Shipka, Lucy Liu, Mary Elizabeth Ellis, J. K. Simmons, Nick Kroll and Kristofer Hivju.
While details of the plot remain somewhat under wraps, it has been revealed that Simmons will star as Santa with Johnson starring as one of his soldiers,who must face off with The Krampusand save Christmas. you’re able to check out a synopsis below.
“After a villain kidnaps Santa from the North Pole, an E.L.F (Extremely Large and Formidable) operative must partner with the world’s most accomplished tracker to find Santa and save Christmas.”
Red Oneis scheduled to be released in theaters on Jul 30, 2025, before landing on Prime Video.
