Mario Lopez flexing, feuding with Nick Adams

It's tough being a hunk like Mario Lopez, especially when some one stud is proving to be the Zack Morris (or in this case, Zach the dancer) to your A.C. Slater. The New York Post's Page Six says Lopez is feuding with A Chorus Line co-star Nick Adams over the size of their ... biceps.

The tabloid says Lopez refused to wear his character Zach's costume, a long-sleeved sweater, opting instead for a short-sleeved shirt to show off the pipes. He then asked Adams, playing assistant choreographer Larry, to wear a baggy hoodie instead of a tank top. The reason? Adams is freakin' ripped (see right).

It can't help matters that men's underwear company 2(x)ist has picked Adams for a shirtless ad campaign and not Lopez.

"Nick's very masculine, sexy, modern. It's totally all about his body," 2(x)ist creative director Jason Scarlatti told the Post. "Mario is a good-looking guy, but Nick had it. He's up and coming, the new face of sexy. He's original. He's hot."

On second thought, maybe Mario is more the Screech of the group now.

[Photos: Getty Images, 2(x)ist]

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[Jackie Rouse]

Broadway rehearsals are like working out all day anyway. Have you ever seen anyone ( Cyd Charisse, Gwen Verdon, Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly and George Chakiris, maybe) dance Jack Cole or Bob Fosse numbers without looking exhausted? Most choreographers seem to push the dancer's body to it's limits in terms of strength, flexibility, motion, and grace--all at the same time. This seems to mean that a combination of a taught body line and a smiling, unruffled face is part of the dancer's art, an essential element of a good dance performance. (Even if heaving abs and sweat belie that impression at the same time.) Looking at Adams' and other Broadway built bodies would seem to indicate that very hard work is involved in preparing the body to dance and to produce the athletic moves which such dancers make look so effortless. The art that conceals art, with credit to a source I read in college. ( I think it was Johnson talking about another writer.) Add to this having to sing and act a part at the same time, and it's easy to see why I, among millions of others, have never landed a part in a Broadway musical.

[Mike W]

Actually, as working actors in Broadway shows, they DON'T have as much free time as you think they do. They have pretty heave rehearsal schedules most days.

[Ted]

What people don't realize is that they have the tons of time to go to a gym. Most people do not have the free time that they have to look like that.