Why Bodybuilders Spray Tan & Why it’s Secretly in Fight Scenes

When it comes to looking more muscular than you really are, getting oiled up is only ONE side of the coin. What’s the other side? Well if baby oil makes the bright spots on your skin brighter, what about the darks? Making the darks darker gives the illusion of more depth, and that can be achieved with Hollywood muscle makeup or even the standard bodybuilder spray tan.

Did you know that Gerard Butler used muscle makeup to increase his muscle “mass” in 300? He was also lifting weights and doing workouts behind the scenes before every shot of the movie. But when it comes to movie fight scenes, fatigued muscles from behind the scenes workouts are essentially a safety hazard.

Gerard Butler’s workouts behind the scenes didn’t negatively affect his acting performance in 300, but for lesser actors that time between shots might be better spent getting into character. Martial arts and action movie stars aren’t exactly well known for their acting prowess, are they? Bodybuilders spray tan so dark because they are allowed to darken their skin evenly over their entire body, but for fight scene legends like Jean Claude van Damme they can use movie muscle makeup to trace the contours of their muscles.

Double Impact has a climax with Jean Claude van Damme vs Bolo Yeung, and to make JVCD look more impressive than the muscle monster that is Bolo, they applied layer after layer of muscle defining darkness. Did they go too far or does Jean Claude van Damme have just the right amount of muscle makeup and baby oil in his Double Impact fight scene?

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