And why a bunch of the country's most beautiful women might want to date him and how one of them, his now wife, Snez, would fall for him. I had assumed Wood, 42, was one of those guys that women want. But, I wondered, did men want to be him?
The answer, I'm happy to report after a very pleasant hour in his company, is an unequivocal yes. And not just because he's got a Marvel-level physique or because he sold a stake inhis app, 28 by Sam Wood, for a gobsmacking $71 million. For me, it's because once upon a time, before his life Was hijacked by the kind of narrative flourish you might expect of a sozzled screenwriter, Wood Was a shy, skinny teenager who had turned to the gym in search of confidence. Once he found it, along with a corresponding passion for helping others get in shape, there was no stopping him. When his big break came, he managed to turn potential and possibility — plus a frankly ludicrous premise — into the closest thing there is to a modern fairy tale.
“I was a pretty quiet, self-conscious kid from Tassie,” Wood tells me over a plate of zucchini fritters. “Even now I have moments of imposter syndrome and disbelief that this whole thing has reached the levels that it has and almost like I don't belong here and the whole thing could come crashing down at any moment.”
You'd have to say that's an understandable and probably healthy reaction to stardom. Feelings of inadequacy and doubt don't just disappear when you find success. At least, you hope they don't. It's that uncertainty that helps keep you grounded. The thing about Wood is lie's never tried to fool anyone. Despite appearances, lie's not
