How Olivia Munn got her Psylocke physique

CEBU, Philippines - Olivia Munn looks and feels better than ever.

The 35-year-old star of “X-Men: Apocalypse” strikes a confident pose on the cover of Women’s Health June issue. Though she’s no stranger to sexy photo shoots, it’s the first time Munn has shown this much skin since losing 12 lbs. during the movie’s production.

“When I started on ‘X-Men,’ I had been doing regular personal training and trying to eat in a healthy way,” Munn says.

Losing weight was not the goal, but rather a byproduct of her desire to become healthier all around. “My intention was to just get as fit and as healthy as I could be, for myself. I started working out every single day, and then I also started getting into eating 20-80, where 80 percent of your diet is fruits and vegetables and 20 percent is whatever. So, that can be any kind of meats or breads or anything else, but mostly fruits and vegetables.”

Those are the same dietary guidelines Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady follow. The 35-year-old supermodel and 38-year-old New England Patriots quarterback employ private chef Allen Campbell, who cooks organic, plant-based meals for their family.

While Munn hasn’t gone to those lengths, “The Newsroom” actress says, “The thing that I’ve kept up since ‘X-Men’ is eating organically. That’s been a big part of, I think, feeling healthy, feeling fit, feeling clear. Knowing that you’re putting only clean foods into your body, that’s been a really important thing for me.”

Munn’s personal trainer also taught her how to make her own almond milk. “It’ll last me two or three days,” Munn explains. “I use that to make organic smoothies every morning.”

As if Munn needed any more motivation to be in the best shape of her life: Her “X-Men: Apocalypse” costume leaves little to the imagination.

“Even though she’s always drawn in a sexual way, she always has substantive plotlines,” she says of Psylocke, a telekinetic mutant. “What she looked like became secondary because she was lethal. She is such a badass. And smart.”

It’s the kind of role Munn had been gunning for, considering her other options. “They wanted me to play the girlfriend or the bad girl who takes another girl’s boyfriend away. But I didn’t want to do roles that only revolved around a man or were always in service of a man.” (FREEMAN)