MILLER PERFECTED SPEED CYCLING FOR OBREE BIOPIC

Last updated: Saturday, April 28, 2007

MILLER PERFECTED SPEED CYCLING FOR OBREE BIOPIC

British actor JONNY LEE MILLER became a fitness freak while training to play cyclist Graeme Obree in new film THE FLYING SCOTSMAN - because he didn't want to look foolish in a skin suit.

Jonny Lee Miller as Graeme Obree in The Flying Scotsman

The Trainspotting star admits he has always taken care of his health but nothing could prepare him for the regime of a speed cycling champion.

He says, "If I had turned up looking really out of shape dressed in that skin suit that would've looked really rubbish and a lot embarrassing. It's good motivation to do your sit-ups.

"I just spent a lot of time on a bike, changed my diet a bit. I do a lot of running as well so I tried to do more of that.

"Also I visited the National Velodrome in Manchester and had a few training sessions there just to know the little things about track riding as well, track etiquette and how it's done. I picked up little tips here and there.

"If you're not going fast enough the bike slides off, so I fell off the bike a couple of times. There were times when I was really tired and I just could not go fast enough. It was brutal."

Source: WENN

| Saturday, April 28, 2007

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