LEO WOODALL has already dazzled us with his TV acting skills, personality and good looks — but now he is working on getting the full Hollywood physique. I can reveal the actor, who found fame on dramas including The White Lotus and One Day, put a mini-gym on the rider of his current film, Bridget Jones: Mad About The Boy. It is so he can always look buff when playing London gardener Rockstar, who becomes the toyboy crush of Bridget, played by Renee Zellweger.

A TV insider said: “Leo is already in great shape. “But given the fact he’s supposed to be someone who spends all day doing manual work, he really wants to look the part. “So, as the consummate acting pro that he is, Leo is said to be hitting the weights between takes so he can look his best for the cameras.

And judging by some of the images that have been coming from the set of the film, the hard work certainly seems to be paying off.” Leo already had viewers hot under the collar when he stripped off in the second series of The White Lotus in 2022. He played Jack, an Essex boy who was hiding an uncomfortable secret underneath his cocky exterior.

Then he had audiences in tears playing the leading man Dexter in One Day , an adaptation of the romantic novel by David Nicholls. It was screened on Netflix earlier this year, and once again saw Leo lose his clothes in love scenes. But the actor admitted he had to stop working out so much because he figured the character would not be into beefing up.

He said: “I re.