Joel Edgerton / Men's Health

Joel Edgerton by David Clerihew for Men’s Health

I interviewed Joel Edgerton for the cover of the January/February 2015 issue of Men’s Health to coincide with the release of Exodus: Gods & Kings. (The boxout was titled “Fitness Secrets Of The Pharaohs”, an oblique Peep Show reference that I was especially pleased with - and yes, it included pyramid sets.) I can exclusively confirm that Edgerton is a big bloke - more so than Tom Hardy, though you’d think it was the other way around from watching Warrior. I interviewed them both at the junket when I was at GQ. As I walked in, they were trying to perform some kind of wrist lock on each other, which made me hesitate to stick my hand out.