Jason Statham's Jonas Taylor spends five years drinking heavily after a disastrous encounter with a giant shark, yet emerges from his exile looking every inch the action hero. A Reddit discussion has highlighted that contradiction alongside two other examples of characters whose physiques appear mismatched with their circumstances.
The discussion has sparked a wider question about how films and TV shows keep actors remarkably fit despite harsh, restrictive or physically debilitating lives. These are better understood as physique-related plausibility gaps than proven continuity errors.
