<p class="title">Pakistani-American actor Kumail Nanjiani had one-line brief for his trainer on <em>The Eternals</em> -- he wanted to look like Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nanjiani is essaying the role of Kingo, a buff Eternal who is a cosmic-powered being who lives in the present day as a Bollywood star in the Marvel Studios film.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Silicon Valley" star had his own ideas about just how beefed up Kingo should be.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I wanted Kumail to have the freedom to interpret his character, especially his physicality," director Chloe Zhao added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">For that, Nanjiani turned to Bollywood and invoked Roshan, the Indian actor who has played the superhero Krrish in a film series.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I went to my trainer and said, 'I want to look like this guy (Roshan)'," Nanjiani told <em>Men's Health</em> magazine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But the actor had another hurdle to cross after his physical transformation was complete: he started getting body dysmorphia, a mental health condition where a person spends a lot of time worrying about flaws in their appearance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I don't want to discount people who genuinely have debilitating body issues. I don't have that. But I did start getting some body dysmorphia. I'd look in the mirror and I'd see my abs — and when I looked again, they would fade. I would just see the flaws," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In December, the actor shared a few of his shirtless photos flaunting his abs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nanjiani said though the photos on Instagram helped, he wants to be "easy" on himself.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When I saw that reaction was when I was like, 'Okay, I clearly don't see what's actually there.' It's something that I'm trying to be aware of and be better at, because that's not a good way to be. You want to be easy on yourself," he added. </p>
<p class="title">Pakistani-American actor Kumail Nanjiani had one-line brief for his trainer on <em>The Eternals</em> -- he wanted to look like Bollywood superstar Hrithik Roshan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nanjiani is essaying the role of Kingo, a buff Eternal who is a cosmic-powered being who lives in the present day as a Bollywood star in the Marvel Studios film.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"The Silicon Valley" star had his own ideas about just how beefed up Kingo should be.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I wanted Kumail to have the freedom to interpret his character, especially his physicality," director Chloe Zhao added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">For that, Nanjiani turned to Bollywood and invoked Roshan, the Indian actor who has played the superhero Krrish in a film series.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I went to my trainer and said, 'I want to look like this guy (Roshan)'," Nanjiani told <em>Men's Health</em> magazine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But the actor had another hurdle to cross after his physical transformation was complete: he started getting body dysmorphia, a mental health condition where a person spends a lot of time worrying about flaws in their appearance.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I don't want to discount people who genuinely have debilitating body issues. I don't have that. But I did start getting some body dysmorphia. I'd look in the mirror and I'd see my abs — and when I looked again, they would fade. I would just see the flaws," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In December, the actor shared a few of his shirtless photos flaunting his abs.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Nanjiani said though the photos on Instagram helped, he wants to be "easy" on himself.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"When I saw that reaction was when I was like, 'Okay, I clearly don't see what's actually there.' It's something that I'm trying to be aware of and be better at, because that's not a good way to be. You want to be easy on yourself," he added. </p>