10 Actors Who Went Unnecessarily Muscular For Movie Roles

9. Adam Driver - Kylo Ren (Star Wars: The Last Jedi)

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Adam Driver played Kylo Ren with an intensity not unlike Randall from the animated series Recess or Randall from Monsters Inc., so it was surprising when he appeared shirtless in Star Wars: The Last Jedi looking swole af.

A scene that spawned a million memes and landed him the nickname Ben Swolo, is it really believable that the outcast, planet-destroying Kylo Ren would care so much about his appearance that he’d demand a gym be built on Starkiller Base so he can work on perfecting his pecs and glutes?

Why work that hard on your grip strength when you can force choke your enemies to death? Perhaps he only worked out so he could look sexy to Rey when he appeared in her force visions?

Adam Driver used to be a Marine and stands at 6'2", so it’s understandable the actor would be, as John Oliver has said, a “rudely large man” – but Kylo Ren? Why make the effort?

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