Theo James is the picture of a man in his peak health and the Divergent actor is not afraid to use it to pursue possible love interests. The apple of his eye? Rumors say it is none other than fellow Divergent cast mate Shailene Woodley herself!
Rumors have been going for a while now about Theo and Shailene bringing their onscreen romance in real life especially after Theo was reported to have broken up with girlfriend Ruth Kearney, Kpopstarz reports. News about the couple have gained momentum after they seemingly disappeared in the limelight and Theo and Shailene's chemistry gained the pair a lot of fans.
That is why it isn't surprising to have every little move of Theo connected to Shailene. The latest news? The actor put his everything in his workout plan just to catch the attention of the actress. According to the 29-year old, he "wanted to be in a place where I seemed physically older and more mature."
Talks about Theo and the rest of the cast's killer workout became popular after the release of Divergent's DVD on July 22. The DVD included behind-the-scenes of the actors' workout routine as well as interviews with the stars.
The Huffingtonpost spilled that the casts' workout was really a challenge for fight coordinator J.J. Perry. He said, "We needed three months to train [the actors], but we only had five weeks." Perry reportedly worked around it by training the cast three hours daily, five weeks straight.
Theo, on the other hand, seemed to have also gotten a real taste of leadership when he lead the 50 or so actors making up the Dauntless core group in training. Director Neil Burger even shared, "They didn't know he was playing Four, they thought he was out stunt coordinator. He put them through it."
Divergentfans.com also reports that Theo got quite a kick from it as well. He shares, "I know it sounds ridiculous but it was really quite useful: it helped set a tone for those scenes, being able to live the character a bit. At one point, Shailene was laughing and I got real serious with her and said, Don't. Laugh. Shai was like, 'um, are you joking right now?"
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