Now, she’s a weight-room convert, and her strength is sure to show on-screen.
“I don’t do well with just dipping a toe in,” saysLily Rabe.
Preparing to become Emma was not a matter of abstaining from junk food and dialing up her jogging routine.
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At the time, in 2018, Rabe had a newborn daughter who was not yet three months old.
“I panicked for a second,” she admits.
Rabe kept to her word and then some often clocking workouts multiple times a day.
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Rabe instantly liked Fontana’s holistic approach as well as the gym’s lo-fi vibe.
“There was nothing frilly about it,” says Rabe.
“People aren’t going there to look at one another, everyone is there for themselves.”
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“She wanted to get in the best shape of her life,” explains Fontana.
“She was playing a badass, and she wanted to turn into one.”
“I had her doing so many deadlifts her hands were calloused,” says Fontana.
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“People usually get annoyed when that happens, but it was a point of pride for her.”
“It took some trial and error,” she says.
“She looked like somebody who could beat you up,” says Fontana.
“There were no stunt doubles,” she says.
“It was all me.”
Rabe’s physical education began insanely early.
The pursuit of precise body control continued as an adult, withregular Pilates practice.
This training was about getting bigger and taking up space.
“I had such newfound respect for my body and what it was capable of doing.”
She wasn’t punishing it with her new fitness routine; she was paying it respect.
These days, the pair is laying low in their Los Angeles home, with their three daughters.
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“My makeup bag has been gathering dust,” she says, not sounding too sad about it.
She also has aPeloton on the way.
She is itching to return to Fontana’s gym.
“I would love to have a job where I was a superhero,” says Rabe.
“Then I’d have an excuse to do it all over again.”
