The Umbrella Academy

The halo is obviously a big form of disclosure.

Um, Stranger Things we know Umbrella Academy even and it ties to like they start to tie in the JFK assassination at the end and MJ-12 associated with that it's just fascinating all these little ties and like little nods like tips of the hat like hey if you know what to look for you'll see the signs right

and

Exactly.

I feel like Chainsaw Man, like, specced into having a plot and, like, character development.

And this show just, like, leaned into, like, the Tarantino-style violence and just, like, we're just going to maybe kind of find a story in the chaos, you know? It's very, like, season one of Umbrella Academy.

Fuck.

Am I dead? Am I here? Yeah.

all anyone can ask for.

Yeah.

It gives me very like umbrella Academy season one vibes where I just don't really know what's happening.

Okay.

you stick with it.

From Game of Thrones to Black Sails to Umbrella Academy, Tom Hopper has been in a host of roles that demand strength and muscle.

But he doesn't just train to look the part.

And in this episode of Strong Talk, Hopper, who plays the Navy SEAL in the terminal list, breaks down his workout philosophy, explains why he's fallen in love with high rocks, and talks about how his training has evolved

It's like you have to be ready to play a variety of different roles.

It's interesting when you talk about your history, because you're in this military role now.

Before that, for Umbrella Academy, it was very different.

I guess I've read you had to obviously wear the giant suit.

So they actually did produce The Mask, starring Jim Carrey, and pretty much every Hellboy movie, along with Time Cop.

And they've also done animated and live action TV series, like their most recent Netflix partnerships, Samurai Rabbit, The Usagi Chronicles, and The Umbrella Academy, which are both very, very popular.

So very, very, very successful.

But how I learned about them was as a super nerdy teenager looking for darker, edgier comics when I was like 13, 14.

For example, oh, I'll give you a good example.

I covered Umbrella Academy.

Some parts of it.

And when...

And there's another form of disclosure.

The halo is obviously a big form of disclosure, um, Stranger Things we know Umbrella Academy even and it ties to like they start to tie in the JFK assassination at the end and MJ-12 associated with that it's fascinating all these little ties and like little nods like tips of the hat like hey if you know what to look for you'll see the signs right

right

Exactly.

all of this.

It also brings up, I don't know if you've ever read or watched the Umbrella Academy, but there's a character on it called the Rumor.

And she has a really interesting power.

So she'll say, I heard a rumor that, and then whatever she says becomes truth.