@destraht @deeplydisturbed @RealJoeDee I know actors often bloat between movies, you can look up shots where Jason Momoa got a pot belly during downtime. Yet on the other hand look at Paul Walker when he was around and Jason Statham. They made fitness into a proper lifestyle instead of just a job they prep a few months for out of a year.

Heck look up Richard Dean Anderson, the guy from SG-1 and McGuyver. He was in shape his whole life, worked out a lot but wrecked his knee bad and needed a few surgeries if I recall. Once he retired he worried all the SG-1 fans with the huge weight gain, luckily though he was seen showing off that he lost a lot of that weight back off again. I think Vin Diesel is at that point like Anderson, his age and other factors means he is going to need Hollywood magic (TRT, steroids, expensive diet and exercise coaching etc.) and even then it will be a challenge since that particular role he is playing is meant to be a muscular large fellow with an intimidating presence.

My main nag was him crying racist until the director for Saving Private Ryan added a small part for him out of sympathy. That is shameful. Otherwise I was a fan of VD, loved how he did good work with video games, kept fit and actually portrayed masculine get-it-done action characters instead of stuff like those Kingsmen movies promoting whiny feminine males as the good guys.