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Hulu docuseries examines deaths around Thailand influencer Tony Huge
Hulu’s Get Huge investigates deaths and disappearances among male influencers in Thailand.
The series focuses on Tony Huge, a former model and lawyer who became a bodybuilder and supplement entrepreneur.
Huge moved from the United States to Thailand while facing legal pressure on his company from the US Food and Drug Administration.
Some young men who followed him online moved to Thailand to live with him, and some later died.
The series begins with the 2023 death of Laith Abdallah Algaz, known online as Leo and Longevity, who was found at Huge’s home.
It also looks at looksmaxxing, an online movement that promotes changing one’s appearance and body through extreme self-optimization.
The filmmakers warn that young viewers may mistake a dangerous lifestyle for a blueprint, and the docuseries is scheduled to arrive on Hulu on November 10.
Hulu’s docuseries Get Huge: Looksmaxxing to Death examines mysterious deaths and disappearances among male influencers in Thailand and the role of Tony Huge.
The series opens with the January 2023 death of biohacker and penis-enlargement influencer Leo and Longevity, whose real name was Laith Abdallah Algaz.
Algaz was found dead in Huge’s home in Pattaya, Thailand.
The documentary explores the world of self-optimization and looksmaxxing, including its dangerous practices and online influence.
Get Huge is directed by Stacey Lee and executive-produced by journalist Jennings Brown.
- Who
- The series focuses on Tony Huge and male influencers in his circle, including Leo and Longevity.
- What
- A Hulu docuseries investigates deaths and disappearances among influencers in Thailand and the world of self-optimization.
- When
- The series arrives on Hulu on November 10. It examines events including Algaz’s death in January 2023.
- Where
- Pattaya, Thailand, including Huge’s home.
- Why
- The filmmakers investigate Huge’s circle and the dangerous online culture of self-optimization and looksmaxxing.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Algaz was found dead in Tony Huge’s home in Pattaya in January.
Jennings Brown began delving into Huge’s world.
Huge opened his Pattaya home to the Get Huge team.
Stacey Lee joined the project as director.
Get Huge: Looksmaxxing to Death was set to arrive on Hulu.
- Series
- Get Huge: Looksmaxxing to Death
- Streaming service
- Hulu
- Release date
- November 10
- Director
- Stacey Lee
- Executive producer
- Jennings Brown
- Death at center of opening
- Laith Abdallah Algaz, found dead in Huge’s home in January 2023
What people are saying
Therein lies the problem for the young kid watching at home who is watching this as a blueprint for their life. They can't discern what's real and what's not.
Even I was having trouble discerning what was real and what’s not.
It was such an absurd story—I mean, a penis influencer dying in Thailand.
I went to school in Kansas and was short and felt insecure about that and always thought someday I’d save up for leg extensions.