Richard Madden cuts a casual figure as he breaks into a sweat while jogging in a LA park... after hitting out at 'unrealistic body images'
He admitted he has been under pressure to workout twice a day and survive on a bare minimum of calories for acting roles.
And Richard Madden kept up his tough fitness regime once again when he was spotted racing around sunny Los Angeles, in California on Friday.
The handsome Bodyguard actor, 32, showed off his svelte frame in a slim-fit grey Nike T-shirt during his low-key solo outing.
Keeping fit! Richard Madden broke into a sweat jogging round Los Angeles park on Friday after he revealed the crippling pressure he's under to look good as a male actor
As he worked hard to maintain his high fitness levels, the TV heartthrob had his running shoes on as he raced about the park in his trainers.
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The television sensation peered out of the world through his cool sunglasses and he arranged his locks in a tousled fashion.
Richard brought the excitement of his action-packed roles to his run as he jogged through the Californian park.
What a man! As he worked hard to maintain his high fitness levels, the TV heartthrob had his running shoes on as he raced about the park in his trainers
Richard's workout comes after he got very candid when he discussed the 'unrealistic' body goals and expectations on him as an actor to look good.
The dishy actor got women swooning for him after he displayed his incredibly hunky naked frame in steamy sex scenes with Keeley Hawes in The Bodyguard.
However, the Game Of Thrones star recently confessed he found himself 'barely eating' and working out 'twice a day' to achieve his phenomenal looks for TV.
He told Men's Health in April: 'I find myself with actor friends – after we’ve done a kind of barely eating, working-out-twice-a-day, no-carbing thing for these scenes – looking at each other going: "We’re just feeding this same s**t that we’re against".'
Sizzling: The television sensation peered out of the world through his cool sunglasses and he arranged his locks in a tousled fashion
Richard debunked the myth that only women were asked to lose weight and hit the gym for a movie or television role.
'We’re projecting a very unrealistic body image,' he said.
'I’ve done numerous jobs where you’re told to lose weight and get to the gym. It doesn’t just happen to women, it happens to men all the time as well.'
In a more recent interview, Richard further shared he lived on as little as £3.70 a day to make ends meet when he was struggling financially before his rise to fame.
Hard work pays off! The handsome Bodyguard actor, 32, showed off his svelte frame in a slim-fit grey Nike T-shirt during his low-key solo outing
He told The Jackal magazine: ‘I’m not bulls****ing you – I was completely broke. I used my savings to pay my last month’s rent and that was it. I thought, "After this, I don’t have any money. I’ll have to move back to my parents."'
His latest move in the entertainment spheres will see Richard take on the role of Elton John's manager and lover John Reid in the new biopic Rocket Man.
The hunk will strip off once again but this time he has filmed sultry scenes with Taron Edgerton who plays his on-screen lover Elton.
Starring role: The dishy actor got women swooning for him after he displayed his incredibly hunky naked frame in steamy sex scenes with Keeley Hawes in The Bodyguard
