Kit Harington beefed up for `Pompeii`

Los Angeles: Actor Kit Harington had to lose a lot of weight and build up some muscles for his role in the 3D action-adventure-romantic drama `Pompeii`.The 27-year-old, who essays gladiator Milo in `Pompeii`, had to look stronger and more chiselled in the film.

"I put on a bit of weight leading up to the film because I wanted to be really, really bulky and big. And I think they saw my face and I`d got a bit chubby and they were like, `Okay, actually, no...We don`t want you big, we want you very lean and muscley.` So I then dropped loads, I`m on this special diet, and yeah, I`ve been pumping up right before scenes and stuff," Harington said in a statement. "You feel like a bit of a douche, because they`ve got like 100 extras, and I`m there going (mimes bicep curl)...But you know, it`s an action film, where I`ve got my arms out the whole time, so I have to try and look tough. And I`m next to all these stunt boys who are huge, so I need to kind of compete with them, so it doesn`t look ridiculous that I`m beating them up," he added. `Pompeii` is set for an international release Feb 21 and it will hit the Indian screens on the same day.