Men’s Fitness Australia – June 2017

●Game Changers Culture

54 MEN’S FITNESS JUNE 2017

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Did you get into
fights growing up?
Isawalittletoo
much shit when I
wasakid.I’dgoto
bars. There’d be fights.
Ihadthatlook—I
don’tknowwhatto
tellyou.Iwasreadyto
go.At17Igotmyass
kicked really good.
Gotputinthehospital.
Had my head stabilised
so my brain wouldn’t
swell. There are bars
that are rough and
ready. All it takes
isacoupleofdrinks.
Andwhateveranger
someoneiscarrying
in them, they’re
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I strongly advise

Better call Jonathan Banks when you need Hollywood

muscle. By Chris Lee

this is going to be?”

How memorable

wasBeverly Hills

Cop?

Beverly Hills Copwas

a breakthrough for

me. There’s a scene

where Eddie Murphy

comes in. I’m sitting

in the background,

and I’ve already killed

his friend. And I’m

just looking at him.

[Director Martin Brest]

said, “Don’t you think

youshouldshow

alittlemore?Goa

little larger?” I said, “I

don’t think it should

beanymore.”Ihave

always felt that the

camera will pick up

Bank on him

Over half a century in Hollywood, Jonathan Banks

hascarvedoutacareerasabadguy.Hisdead-eyed

starehasradiatedmenaceonhundredsofTVshows

and movies — everything fromThe WaltonstoBeverly Hills

Cop.Butyouprobablyknowhim astheinvective-spewing

crime scene “fixer” Mike Ehrmantraut fromBreaking Badand

its prequel,Better Call Saul. A day before his 70th birthday,

Banks agreed to break down a few hard-won life lessons.

■FX’s award-winning

Fargois back for

its third season,

dontcha know, and

as the genius behind

the dark drama,

Noah Hawley, tells

us, this go-round

takes on “the perils

of sibling rivalry and

the danger of modern

capitalism.”

An unrecognisable

Ewan McGregor plays

two Stussy brothers:

Emmit, a parking-lot

king, and Ray, a parole

officer. Their problem:

Emmit tricked Ray

over the value of their

father’s inheritance.

Ray’s pissed off about

getting swindled,”

Hawley explains,

“and decides to

do something.”

Fargo’s a success,

he adds, because

“it’s an experiment in

doing something TV

doesn’t normally do:

staying open to the

idea that the way you

tell a story is just as

important as the

story you tell.”

Ewan McGregor as

Ray Stussy inFargo,

which airs on Netflix.

everything. I’m a big

believer in letting a

camerarestonan

actorinsilence.And

also,realtoughness

comesinalotof

shapes and sizes.

How does a guy

live a happy life?

Keep believing in

yourself until the day

youdie.Ifyou’renot

aliarandyou’retrying

to lead a decent life,

then you’ve got to

give yourself credit.

I put my head on the

pillow at the end of the

day and tell myself:

“You know what,

Johnny Banks? Sleep

well. You’re doing the

bestyouknowhow.

Maybe you can do

better tomorrow.

Just try.”■^

THE HOT SHOW

Fargo’s

a fair go

for bros

BINGE-WORTHY

Bill Nye

Saves

the World

Don’t you wish high school chemistry had

been this cool? In Netflix’s new showBill Nye

Saves the World, the action hero of the geek

community brings together the forces of science

— as well as an all-star crew (like model Karlie

Kloss and comic Nazeem Hussein) — to take on

Bunsen-burning issues like global warming,

alternative medicine and whether sex is, um...fun?

Says Nye, “The show’s not for young kids,

it’s for grown-up kids and those who are young

at heart...and those who do crunches.”

young guys: Stay out

ofthose bars!

Any altercations

as a grown man?

I’ll tell you something

funny: A couple of

months ago, I was out

with my wife, who

istheloveofmylife.

Some guy was being

obnoxioustopeople.I

thought, “That fucking

prick!” I started to get

up. My wife is from

Spain and still has an

accent. She put her

hand on me and

said, “Yonathan,

your shoulder is torn.

Yo u r k n e e d o e s n’ t

work.Whatdoyou

think the outcome of

Out-staring co-star

BobOdenkirk (right)

inBetter Call Saul.