10 Actors Who Got SERIOUSLY Ripped To Play Superheroes

7. Aaron Taylor-Johnson (Kick-Ass 2 & Avengers: Age Of Ultron)

The conceit of the original Kick-Ass was that Aaron Taylor-Johnson's amateur crimefighter Dave Lizewski was just a normal kid trying to do the right thing, so the role didn't require him to be hench or partake in a gruelling physical regimen. In fact, that would've just contradicted the entire point of the movie.

In Kick-Ass 2, however, Dave wants to become a superhero "for real", so starts hitting the gym hard, resulting in this glorious, shirtless money shot. It's a far cry from Taylor-Johnson's necessarily tight build in the first film, and clearly saw him putting in some serious time adding girth to his frame.

The actor also had to get ripped again to play Quicksilver in Avengers: Age of Ultron two years later, and though he spends the entire movie wearing clothing, his skin-tight costume doesn't exactly leave much to the imagination.