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Daily Mirror
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Ashleigh Rainbird

Johnny Rotten actor in new Sex Pistols biopic dropped to eight-stone for iconic role

The actor behind Johnny Rotten in a new Sex Pistols TV biopic was left in a pickle playing the punk legend.

Anson Boon scoffed beetroot and drank Red Stripe beer to transform himself into the character, also shedding eight stone and becoming left-handed.

The 22-year-old says: “I made sure that I ate food that I know he likes.

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