“First Time I Felt Like a Real Actor”: Pete Davidson Opens Up About Gaining 15 Lbs of Muscle and Diving Deep for ‘How to Rob a Bank’

The much-awaited heist of the year How To Rob A Bank releases in cinemas on 20th November.

Excitement surrounding the year’s most anticipated heist thriller, How to Rob a Bank, continues to escalate as its theatrical debut draws near. The movie promises high-octane suspense, sharp humor, and social media-driven stakes. Adding to the buzz, actor and former stand-up star Pete Davidson has candidly discussed his intense physical and emotional transformation for his role as Vince, a battle-tested military veteran anchoring a crew of tech-savvy bank robbers.

Speaking in an interview, Pete says, “Once I got in the room (with the young actress), I got really choked up. What happens to the character is adjacent to what happened to me with my dad and the age and all that. I’m a comic first, so I never understood when actors would be like, ‘It was very painful’, but it is. It was very tough, and the first time I felt like a real actor because I wasn’t just playing myself.”

The actor further spoke about his intense transformation as he gained 15 pounds of muscle and consumed protein for the role. He shared, “I just think it’s really important for people to know that that’s what I did. When someone says, ‘Whoa, you’re in tremendous shape!’ and an actor goes, ‘Yup! just broccoli, rice and chicken!,’ it’s like, ‘no, dude, you have a vein going from your forehead to your thumb.”

What begins as a string of gutsy, livestreamed bank robberies soon spirals into a chase. As the notorious crew gains fame online for their daring crimes, a veteran FBI agent teams up with a brilliant software engineer to track them down. Refusing to back down, the robbers push the limits of what they’re willing to risk in pursuit of their biggest heist yet.

Directed by David Leitch and written by Mark Biancull, the film brings together an exciting ensemble cast led by Nicholas Hoult, Zoë Kravitz, Anna Sawai, Rhenzy Feliz, Christian Slater as Walton, with Pete Davidson and John C. Reilly.

Produced by Amazon MGM Studios, Sony Pictures Releasing International releases How To Rob A Bank in cinemas on 20th November.

By Keerti Kadam