Matt Damon and Ralph Fiennes Go Full Greek God With Intense Body Transformations

Matt Damon and Ralph Fiennes have seriously leveled up their fitness game, and the results are nothing short of epic.

The two Hollywood heavyweights have been hitting the gym hard for their latest roles—Damon for "The Odyssey" and Fiennes for Uberto Pasolini’s "The Return." If you thought getting ripped was a young man’s sport, Fiennes is here to prove otherwise. At 62, he's showing everyone that age is really just a number when it comes to getting jacked.

Fiennes’ transformation is especially jaw-dropping. Under the guidance of trainer Dan Avasilcai, he was up before sunrise, training six days a week—lifting weights, running, and even taking ballet classes to perfect his posture. The goal was to look like a "hero in exile," or as Fiennes humorously put it, "like a piece of old rope." Mission accomplished: he dropped nearly 16 pounds and showed up on set at a lean 160 pounds, with muscles and veins to match. The secret? High-protein, low-carb meals, daily massages, and sometimes skipping water the night before a big shirtless scene for that extra shredded look. Not exactly doctor-recommended, but Fiennes clearly knows how to commit.

His efforts paid off—he’s now benching 143 pounds, banging out 17 pull-ups, and can do 78 push-ups in a row. Not bad for the guy who played Lord Voldemort, who, judging by social media, is now being lovingly dubbed "Swoldemort."

Meanwhile, Matt Damon, at 54, is no slouch either. Although Damon’s latest fitness plan is under wraps, his longtime trainer Jason Walsh revealed that Damon thrived on challenges and was once cranking out 100 pull-ups two or three times a week. Walsh also skipped risky moves like heavy deadlifts to make sure Damon stayed unbroken—because, let’s be honest, you don’t want the $100 million movie star to snap mid-filming.

Damon’s new physique even caught the attention of his buddy Ben Affleck, who couldn’t resist poking fun at him. Affleck joked that Damon was constantly looking for excuses to take his shirt off on set—even though, unfortunately for Damon, there’s no actual shirtless scene in "The Odyssey." Still, Damon made the most of his time in Favignana, Italy, showing off his abs in rugged, Greek-hero style—ragged cloth, gray beard, and all.

The dedication from both actors has sparked serious admiration from fans and the fitness world alike. If these two can pull off transformations like this well into their 50s and 60s, maybe there’s hope for the rest of us mere mortals, too.