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Swimming With Men: Adeel Akhtar on difficulties training for new movie

POOL PARTY: Adeel Akhtar (front row, left) with his co-stars in Swimming with Men

By: Lauren Codling

by LAUREN CODLING THE star of a new British comedy about a male synchronised swimming team has revealed the difficulties of training for the film. Adeel Akhtar, 37, features in feel-good comedy Swimming with Men alongside comedian Rob Brydon and Downton Abbey actor Jim Carter. The film follows an all-male group of synchronised swimmers who initially keep their personal lives secret. However, the men soon develop friendships that exist outside of the swimming pool. Akhtar admitted that he under-estimated the problems in learning synchronised swimming. He and his fellow cast members had to spend two weeks in an intensive “swimming…

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