Dustin Milligan ‘s ripped physique is on display throughout Netflix’s new Christmas rom-com Hot Frosty and he’s opening up about getting his body in shape. The 39-year-old Schitt’s Creek actor didn’t have that much time to prepare for the role! Dustin revealed in a new interview that he was hired for the project just two weeks before it began filming. Keep reading to find out more.

.. “It was about two weeks, or less, out from shooting, so really the only preparation I could do was to just to dive into the character,” Dustin told Decider about preparing for the role.

He continued, “It required being quite exposed, which is not always totally comfortable. But getting over that hurdle and just leaning into it—I actually feel like I learned something about myself as a result of that, which I wasn’t expecting, but certainly was very welcome.” Dustin said he wasn’t actually fully nude in that first scene.

“They do CGI-out the fact that I’m wearing these...

I don’t know if it’s called a dancer’s belt, but you’re in like this weird, thick underwear—very strange stuff that they put you in,” Dustin said. “The scarf we sewed to one part in the back, and then we looped it around and then showed it to one part in the front. Had to be very careful with those needles!” Get the scoop on Dustin ‘s real-life relationship status .

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