ACTOR and comedian Des McLean has lost 10 pounds in order to appear as maverick politician Tommy Sheridan in Ian Pattison's black comedy I, Tommy at Glasgow's King's Theatre later this year.
To achieve that, the once chubby-cheeked impersonator hired a personal trainer who dragged him through the pain barrier exercising every day.
"There were times," says Des, "when I wished it was Alex Salmond I was playing instead, as I would then have an excuse to go on the kebabs all week to get the right look."
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