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Coldplay Frontman Is 'Absolutely Ripped'

Quite apart from being one of the richest, most successful rock frontman on the planet, Chris Martin has another reason to smile, apparently -- a yoga-toned body.

The director of Coldplay's video to recent single 'Strawberry Swing' told B.B.C. 6 Music as much after winning three awards for the video at the UK Music Video Awards.

Kenny, from the video makers Shynola, said he had been worried the Coldplay singer may not have been able to put up with the physically demanding shoot, having tested out some of the poses Martin would have to do.

The video features Martin flying to the rescue of a shrieking damsel dressed as a superhero.

The director said: "Chris Martin is incredibly fit, he's absolutely ripped. I'm sure he won't mind me saying that.

"He could do everything really well. He does loads of yoga and we had lots of bits where he was on a trolley and it was physically really difficult for him."

He added: "I did it for about 10 seconds as a test and after that my hips were hurting so much I just felt incredibly old. After that I thought, 'We are either gonna kill him, or we're going to get sued'," he said.

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jettserfer

Did Chris Martin and his "team" write this song themselves, or is just another on of his RIP OFFS?

October 18 2009 at 2:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hockibabe

Poor Chris Martin; he's STILL trying to live up to Brad Pitt...THESE...were his own words....lol....

October 18 2009 at 1:43 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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October 18 2009 at 12:05 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Patap

Very creative. Liked it a lot. So different from most videos where there are leering guys drolling over top heavy women.

October 17 2009 at 11:59 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Jgirl

Boring.ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. What is the appeal of Coldplay, anyway? The video seem targeted to imbeciles, the music is simplistic and uninspired.Chris should be holding up the letter D (for Dumb) and Sesame Street could use it in their alphabet song.....

October 17 2009 at 11:05 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
barbie

that was the worst video ever. the song sucks, the video sucks. He makes enough money to hire someone to make a decent video. Please, that is stupid and I bet the rest of Coldplay loves not even being in the video. Hated it...

October 17 2009 at 10:08 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ironwkr4t

totally sucked the life out of me... that video blows

October 17 2009 at 8:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Anax

You would think they could have used lighting that eliminates the shadows of him on the "FLOOR" during production. He did all that toning so he could "look" like he is slithering on the floor.
Good job there video production team!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dorks....

October 17 2009 at 6:47 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Andy

Looks like something a 3rd grader would come up with. Most of todays "Music Videos" suck. A few words come to mind on this video... Foolish, immature, weird. I guess they let anyone do this kind of work. Who in the hell would put their stamp of approval on this crap!!

October 17 2009 at 5:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Robert

That was cool for a while, 7 minutes plus was too much imo.

Myspace

Another Black Season
New tune, "What you Want."

October 17 2009 at 5:29 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply