Ryan Reynolds Strips Down For Green Lantern Special Effects

Ever wonder how they pull off all that CGI in a movie like The Green Lantern? According to Ryan Reynolds, it takes falling on your face a few times — and, by the looks of things, being pretty comfortable undressing in front of strangers.

Reynolds said going above and beyond for the superhero role was all in a day’s work. “I was very fortunate to be given a great deal of prep for this movie, so I just cleared my schedule for, like, eight or nine months and worked primarily on just getting ready for the role,” Reynolds said in behind-the-scenes footage featured on the film’s Blu-ray/DVD.

Reynolds’ hard work was made doubly hard by the fact that while the crew got to go home every night and feast and be merry, the actor was on a six-day-a-week workout regimen. “[I had to do] weight lifting and all that garbage that actors like to romanticize in interviews such as this one,” he said.

Being a tall guy also came with a few added challenges. “A lot of gymnastics, which is something I don’t necessarily recommend to anyone over 6 feet,” he said. “I fell on my face a whole lot of times before I started to land some of those crazy moves.”