Drafthouse Films will be opening the Oscar-nominated Foreign Language contender Bullhead in NY/LA/Austin on February 17 and they have debuted the first domestic poster for the film and in the email they sent over the emphasis was on title star Matthias Schoenaerts who put on 60 pounds of muscle for the role. To the right is the “after” picture and you can see just how much he put on in the poster at the bottom of this article.
To accomplish the transformation, Schoenaerts prepped for the role for two years, committing to a diet of 3000 tins of tuna, several hundred chickens and plenty of oats, rice and pasta combined with an exhaustive weight lifting regimen. He’ll next be seen opposite Marion Cotillard in Rust and Bone from director Jacques Audiards (A Prophet), which was just acquired by Sony Pictures Classics and just so happens to be on in my top ten most anticipated films of 2012.
You can check out the poster for Bullhead directly below and if you haven’t yet watched the international trailer you can do so right here. Keep an eye out for this film, it’s quite good and to read the synopsis you aren’t likely to expect it to be as good as it is. Have a read and check out the poster now:
Perhaps the year’s most stunning international debut, Michael R. Roskam’s Bullhead is a harrowing tale of revenge, redemption and fate. Domineering cattle farmer Jacky Vanmarsenille (Schoenaerts), constantly pumped on steroids and hormones, initiates a shady deal with a notorious mafioso meat trader. When an investigating federal agent is assassinated and a woman from his traumatic past resurfaces, Jacky must confront his demons and face the far-reaching consequences of his decisions.
