My old man, he said over lunch at Caf Mogador in the East Village, his hard won physique camouflaged by a crisp white shirt. He has loved Tarzan since he was 6. These are edited excerpts from the conversation. How did you get that incredible scenery We shot north of London in this old Rolls Royce airplane factory, with real trees and African bushes, a river and waterfall, a colonial town, an African village, a quarry and a lake with a steamboat. I remember Sam and I running across a patch of grass in an industrial neighborhood, but in the movie, were running across miles and miles of savanna with a thousand wildebeest. The animals were computer generated, but what about your abs Theyre all mine. But I didnt want any muscle mass that didnt serve a purpose, because animals dont have that. The Great Music Caper Movie Trailers. So the first phase was three months of bulking up, which was 7,0. I put on about 2. Then we switched to a much stricter diet, six small meals a day, and I started working with the choreographer Wayne Mc. Gregor. You dont wear a loincloth. Are you comfortable with nudityIm totally comfortable if it makes sense. And for those scenes, I felt, why would he be wearing a loinclothThat kind of prudish behavior is very human. So it wouldnt make sense for him, being raised by apes, to say, Excuse me, guys, I actually want to cover up here. Video. Trailer The Legend Of TarzanA man who grew up in the wild jungle and has resettled into civilization is sent on a mission into Congo, unaware that he is a pawn in a deadly convergence of greed and revenge. By WARNER BROS. PICTURES on Publish Date December 1. Image courtesy of Internet Video Archive. Watch in Times Video Was the addition of Williams an attempt to update the racial issues in Burroughss storiesHe was a real person, an African American who went to the Congo and exposed what King Leopold was doing. At the time, Leopold was hailed as a philanthropist. He basically tricked the United States government and Europe into giving him the Congo because he said that he would civilize these indigenous people and build out the infrastructure. But what he actually did was genocide. And Sams character can sense that something is amiss. Is Jane modernized Tarzan needs her as much as she needs him. A big part of his heart is still in the jungle, and shes the only one who understands that desire to return to your roots. And it was important to find a Jane that, even though the movie takes place in the 1. Margot is warm and strong and tough. What did you do after you wrapped My dad was shooting a Netflix mini series in London. So I went straight to his house and spent four days on the couch being fed. He loves to cook, so we had rich pastas, bone marrow, mozzarella, red wine. I was in heaven. Continue reading the main story.