Get Huge: Looksmaxxing to Death arrives on Hulu and Disney+

What the docuseries covers

Get Huge: Looksmaxxing to Death, a three-part docuseries, premieres on Wednesday 11 November on Hulu in the United States, according to TechRadar. Viewers in the UK, Canada and Australia can watch it on Disney+ from the same date.

The series follows Tony Huge, a former model who became a lawyer and then a bodybuilder. TechRadar reports that he was at the centre of a string of disappearances in Thailand, in a story that unfolded before the rise of influencers such as Clavicular and the Tate brothers.

The episodes describe how Huge left the US and gathered a group of young women and disaffected young men in Thailand, some of whom followed his biohacking methods. Huge himself takes part and gives an account of his own life.

How to watch in the US

American viewers can stream the series on Hulu. TechRadar notes that DIRECTV, which carries Hulu in its bundles, offers a 5-day free trial, and that those bundles start at $59.99 per month once the trial ends.

The publication also suggests a VPN, software that makes a device appear to be in another country, for subscribers who are travelling and want to reach their usual streaming service.

Watching outside the US

In the UK, Canada and Australia, the docuseries lands on Disney+ on 11 November. TechRadar lists subscription prices of £5.99 per month in the UK, $8.99 in Canada and $9.99 in Australia.

According to TechRadar, there is no free trial for Disney+ or Hulu in Canada or Australia. US subscribers abroad can use a VPN to connect back to a United States server and watch as normal.

What the director says

Director Stacey Lee spoke to Wired about the series. She described how her subject presented his lifestyle, including the women around him, his physique and his drug use, as something to admire.

Lee said the concern is that young viewers may treat this display as a plan for their own lives and struggle to tell what is real. She admitted that even she found it hard to separate fact from performance.

She also told Wired that beyond the strange surface of the story, she wanted to explore why men travel to Thailand and why this style of masculinity keeps spreading in online spaces.

Why it matters

The series examines looksmaxxing, the practice of trying to maximise physical appearance, and the wider online culture around it. TechRadar describes the show as covering the deaths and disappearances linked to a form of toxic masculinity.

Because the story predates better-known online figures, it offers background on how these communities grew. For parents and viewers who follow internet culture, it may serve as a case study in how such personalities attract followers.