For Stranger Issues followers all over the place, some of the stunning moments within the long-awaited fourth season got here not from the plot, however from David Harbour’s stunning new physique. Harbour, who performs the beloved Sheriff Hopper within the hit Netflix unique, appeared within the latest season trying noticeably thinner. In an interview with British GQ, the actor revealed that he had misplaced a complete of 80 kilos with a purpose to painting Hopper in his emaciated state after being held captive in a Russian jail.

“I don’t assume I’ll ever do this once more” Harbour spills to the journal. He defined within the interview that he was in a position to lose the burden in simply eight months by means of intermittent fasting and Pilates, however he wouldn’t bear such a drastic transformation for a task ever once more since these days “the prosthetics are too good.”

In a separate interview with CNET Journal, Harbour additionally received actual about what the general public’s obsession together with his “dad-bod” means to him. “I’ve a humorous relationship with this dad bod factor. I type of like it and the explanation why I like it is definitely very critical. I do assume that in a sure means, I’ve turn into a little bit of a intercourse image for our time — there are articles about folks digging Hopper. However I’m additionally a bit large and a bit chubby. I really like the thought of actual our bodies on tv. And I really like the thought of creating actual folks lovely and cherished.”

The onscreen hero went on to clarify how he’s bored with “our bodies on tv which can be impossibly skinny” setting unrealistic requirements for women and men alike, so he’s completely happy to be a intercourse image that’s actual and real. A real advocate for physique diversity and positivity, Harbour explains that he would like to see greater women and men in lead roles: “I need them to be the hero.”

As if all of us didn’t love Harbour sufficient for taking part in the healthful Sheriff Hopper, we will love him much more for taking his heroic nature off-screen and advocating for physique variety in media.