John Boyega revealed he embraced being a ‘bit weighty’ for his shirtless Pirelli 2025 calendar pH๏τoshoot.
The British actor, 32, put his body on full display as he modelled a pair of tiny black underpants during the shoot in Miami.
Per his own admission, John described himself as being a ‘bit weighty’ at the time of the shoot – but he was proud to show off his body in its natural form at the time.
The Star Wars actor admitted he was halfway through a workout regime at the time of shooting and has since displayed his completed, and newly trimmed down, muscular physique on social media.
Speaking about the shoot, John made a hilarious comment about how it felt to strip down to tiny underpants and be snapped. ‘This was the most air I’ve felt between my legs on a set,’ he said.
John Boyega revealed he embraced being a ‘bit weighty’ for his shirtless Pirelli 2025 calendar pH๏τoshoot
The Star Wars actor admitted he was halfway through a workout regime at the time of shooting and has since displayed his completed, and newly trimmed down, muscular physique on social media
He added: ‘I’ve taken clothes off on screen before, but that feels more controlled and more about embodying somebody else.
‘Doing this as myself, especially at a point where I was halfway through a workout regimen, was different. I was still a bit weighty, and I wanted to do a shoot that reflected where I was in that moment and marked that time.
‘You know, I was training every day, eating bland food, and really focusing on fitness. To have an experience that embraces you where you are and shows you in that process—it’s really important to me, and I relate to that deeply.’
He looked worlds award from his usual dapper self as he stripped of for the racy Pirelli 2025 calendar.
The Oscar-winning star was seen ripping open a black shirt revealing his toned body and a tattoo on his chest.
Staring into the camera, John looked incredible in the black and white sH๏τ which was captured by pH๏τographer Ethan James Green.
In a behind-the-scenes pH๏τo, The Woman King star showed off his bulging muscles as he posed shirtless while standing with his arms crossed in the sea.
Proving it takes a village to get the sH๏τ, an ᴀssistant was seen standing in the background throwing buckets of water on John as he tensed up for the sH๏τ.
In a behind-the-scenes pH๏τo, The Woman King star showed off his bulging muscles as he posed shirtless while standing with his arms crossed in the sea
The British actor, 32, look worlds away from his cool smart self as he usually rocks a ʙuттoned up shirt and a blazer as he attends a number of red carpets
John is usually spotted cut a cool smart figure in ʙuттoned up shirts and a blazer or long coat as he attends a number of red carpets.
While posing for the shoot, John told Pirelli: ‘I have various different definitions of beauty. Obviously [there] is physical beauty, but also I feel that beauty can be found in emotion and in moments, in feeling the spirits of people, the souls, unique personalities.
‘[Also] waking up to great news. Colours. Food. Red, that’s my favourite colour. Red is beautiful. It evokes such charisma to me.
‘And I think that it also embodies the masculine and feminine in a quite unique way. And we all got red in us, man. So, yeah, it’s unifying as well.’
Pirelli’s UK arm has published the calendar annually since 1964 with limited availability, as it is not sold and is instead given away to celebrities and select Pirelli customers as a gift.
In 1987, Naomi Campbell featured on the calendar at just 16, while other stars to have been pH๏τographed for it include Patti Smith, Serena Williams, Yoko Ono, Grimes, Alicia Vikander, St Vincent, Cara Delevingne, Emma Watson, Whoopi Goldberg, Nicole Kidman and Iggy Pop.
The Italian tyre company first signaled it was changing direction with its 2017 calendars, announcing it was ‘ripping up the rule book’ and giving the H๏τly-anticipated calendar a new feminist overhaul.
The Oscar winner is set to appear in the new calendar which focuses on ‘refresh and reveal’
Also appearing in the calendar is Hunter Schafer, 25, who left very little to the imagination as she posed naked on the beach
The spread featured Robin Wright, Julianne Moore, Charlotte Rampling, and Helen Mirren (then aged 50, 55, 70, and 71 respectively) and was hailed a triumph for its representation of older women.
The Pirelli calendar was once synonymous with scantily-clad women, sizzling pH๏τo shoots and topless models.
However, the 2020 calendar saw A-list stars including Emma Watson, Kristen Stewart and Claire Foy pose fully clothed – in everything from denim jackets to period costumes – as they each take on the role of Shakespeare’s Juliet.
The spread, sH๏τ by celebrated fashion pH๏τographer Paolo Roversi, was dubbed the ‘wokest’ Pirelli calendar to date.
The dramatic departure from the glamour sH๏τs of the 80s and 90s is a clear signal that Pirelli is determined to shed its racy image once and for all, following a string of similarly progressive calendars in recent years.
Gone were the skimpy ʙικιɴιs, provocative posing and nudity – Kate Moss, Amy Schumer and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley have all stripped off for previous Pirelli shoots – and in their place were women posing in denim jackets and ripped jeans. The Crown’s Claire Foy even dons a grey knitted cardigan in one of the behind-the-scenes sH๏τs.
In 2020, those featured were all in their 20s and 30s but have all made headlines for their outspoken views on social political issues.
The full line-up included: Emma Watson, Claire Foy, Kristen Stewart, Yara Shahidi, Mia Goth, Rosalia, Indya Moore, Chris Lee and Stella Roversi.
The calendar was not published in 2021 due to the Covid pandemic, the only year it has not been published since 1964.
Last year’s edition saw Prince Gyasi become the first black pH๏τographer to shoot a Pirelli Calendar in celebration of its 60th anniversary.
The Ghanaian’s work saw Campbell return to the calendar for the first time since 2018, and Luther star Idris Elba and former Chelsea and AC Milan footballer Marcel Desailly feature on pages.
