Ralph Fiennes Wows With ‘Incredible’ Body Transformation At 62

Months after getting into prime shape to star in his movie The Return, Ralph Fiennes is showing fans that he’s held on to his ripped physique. 

In the film adaptation of Homer’s Odyssey directed by Uberto Pasolini, the 62-year-old actor portrayed Odysseus, the courageous king of Ithaca, who rediscovers his strength after returning home after being lost at sea for 20 years.

And in a post on X, formerly Twitter, last week, the British star stunned his followers by showing off how he’s maintained his shredded muscles following the film’s release in December.

The post featured a shirtless photo of Ralph rocking the distinguished, salt-and-pepper beard he grew to play the wearied character. He simply captioned the post with a bicep emoji. 

The Harry Potter star’s X followers had a very enthusiastic response to the actor’s impressive transformation in the replies. 

“Bro looks phenomenal. No matter what, you have to put in a lot of work and dedication for these results,” one person wrote. 

Another agreed: “Was not expecting a Ralph Fiennes thirsty shirtless this morning but am fine with it and impressed. Shredded.” 

“Wow! That’s hard work and dedication!!! Incredible work!” someone else added.  

Ralph discussed his rigorous transformation while recently appearing on the talk show Lorraine.

After host Lorraine Kelly commented that Fiennes took his “brutal” metamorphosis “really seriously”, her guest said he’d told his personal trainer Dan Avasilcai that he wanted to “look like a piece of old rope” to take on the role.

Ralph also got candid about what it took to see such major results. 

“There was [an] extreme diet with very, very highly controlled carbohydrates. A lot of protein, a lot of weight lifting and running,” he explained during the interview. 

Ralph then joked that at one point during his fitness journey he asked Avasilcai if he “could have a glass of wine,” and was promptly told “no”. 

“You stuck with it … it paid off,” Lorraine teased.