July 20, 2000
Films2
Fitness is Possible

Mission: Impossible 2 bad guy Dougray Scott has insisted that playing the villain had its benefits - it made him get super fit.

Scott admits getting in shape to battle with Tom Cruise in the sequel made him fitter, leaner and meaner than ever.

“I had to be very fit. It took a long time, working for months and then while I was making the movie it looked like I'd be in X-Men too so I had to keep up all that fitness,” said Scott.

So, prey tell, what exactly did he do to get shape for the demanding role?

“I'd run for hours on Santa Monica beach, weight trained. It's great to be fit. It's just a lot of work.”

One can picture Scott pumping iron and sprinting on the sand to the strains of Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger. Or perhaps that’s just us.