The brutal training of Eduard Fernández to ‘be hunk’ in 30 Coins
The brutal Eduard Fernández training to 30 Coins, caused a dramatic change in the actor, that with fifty-many, got to lose 15 kilos and gain muscle to show off a very muscular image in his role as the boxer priest, bald, bushy-bearded exorcist named father Vergara. Alex de la Iglesia's series has become a mass phenomenon and the character of Fernández is key in the plot.
30 Coins, the series made in Álex de la Iglesia that sweeps HBO
The series bears the unmistakable stamp of a Alex de la Iglesia that mixes in the same horror series, religion, customs and trhiller and that has actors of the level of Miguel Ángel Silvestre, Pepon Nieto, Macarena gomez, Megan Montaner and Paco Tous among many others besides the aforementioned Eduard Fernández.
The title of the plot makes mention of Judas' betrayal of Jesus Christ and tells the story of Father Vergara (Eduard Fernández), an ex-con and boxer, become an exorcist who seeks tranquility in a Castilian town. Each of those coins, They cause a series of supernatural phenomena that end up relating Father Vergara with the village veterinarian (Megan Montaner), Mayor (Miguel Angel Silvestre) and the Civil Guard of the town (Pepon Nieto) among many others.
The treasure that these hide 30 coins shakes the foundations of the Vatican and the history of humanity itself, with which intrigue and mystery predominate in each scene of this masterful work by Álex de la Iglesia.
Eduard Fernández's brutal training to 30 coins
“I am a priest, exorcist, boxer and who does weights. At the same time he is bald and has a beard”, Eduard Fernández explained in ‘El Hormiguero’.
“Álex de la Iglesia was the only one who trusted that I could change. So I started lifting weights and ended up losing 15 kilos”, the actor told Pablo Motos at the same time that he recounted the training he had to undergo for the series of 30 Coins.
Eduard Fernández's training for 30 Coins I lead him to lose 15 kilos based on diet and a lot of work for four months with personal trainer Dídac Rodríguez, “a wonderful bodybuilder” Fernández stated about his coach.
“I had a wild workout. For four months I did a constant regimen and trained with a bodybuilder in a double session of two hours every day. In some training I cried because I really couldn't anymore. It was very beast”, explained the actor to media such as ‘El Mundo’.
