Danny Dyer has revealed he put on a stone after gorging on 12 sausages a day while filming the second series of Disney+ drama Rivals. The 48-year-old actor, who plays electronics businessman Freddie Jones in the adaptation of Jilly Cooper's novel, said his junk food diet left him 'chubby and constipated'.
Speaking on his podcast Live And Let Dyers with daughter Dani, Dyer said he adopted a method approach to the role. 'I've realised I'm quite method. While I was playing Fred I have put on a stone,' he explained. 'He's chubby and he's meant to be. That's the point of Fred. My diet was awful.'
Dyer described eating a 12-pack of sausages each night, making sandwiches with five and eating the rest with ketchup. He admitted the lack of olive oil in his diet caused constipation. The actor also celebrated shaving off his moustache, despite some fans liking the facial hair.
Filming for the second series has just wrapped, with the first six episodes due to air in May. The trailer shows the return of characters including Lord Tony Baddingham, Rupert Campbell-Black and Declan O'Hara, with the synopsis teasing a 'battle for the Central South West television franchise'.
