Strictly’s Adam Peaty says Hugh Jackman is helping him to be Greatest Showman

Olympic gold medallist Adam Peaty channels The Best Showman star Hugh Jackman as he performs on stage in Strictly Come Dancing with skilled Katya Jones

Strictly Come Dancing dancer Katya Jones’s punishing coaching is just not the one factor motivating swimmer Adam Peaty to succeed.

The only-minded Olympic champ is being impressed by the smash hit musical movie The Best Showman.

He’s significantly impressed by Australian heartthrob Hugh Jackman, who performs circus impresario PT Barnum. He stated: “He’s my inspiration in each dance.”

Final night time Adam, 26, and Katya, 32, danced a rumba to I See You from the movie Avatar for film week.

After week two ­dances, they had been joint seventh on the Strictly leaderboard alongside comic Judi Love, 41, and Graziano Di Prima, 27.

The devoted athlete triumphed in Tokyo through the summer season. He grew to become the primary Brit swimmer to defend an Olympic title by profitable 100m breaststroke gold.

He received a second gold within the combined 4x100m medley relay and a ­silver within the males’s 4x100m medley. And Adam, whose swim coach cracks the whip, was not anticipating a simple trip with Katya’s powerful each day dance rehearsals.

He stated: “I all the time knew how strict Katya was. I assumed six hours a day was going to be sufficient however clearly not – we’ve been doing double that.

“I’ve had a feminine coach for 12 years who’s fairly powerful although, so I’m used to it.”

His schedule meant that Adam, who lives with accomplice Eiri Munro, 23, needed to rejoice his son George-Anderson’s first birthday in September, a day late.

Adam, who has an MBE, defined: “We had been filming that day. We wrapped at 10.30pm so I drove straight residence, able to rejoice the following day.

“It didn’t go down too nicely however that’s the tough factor whenever you do that. Everybody has to grasp.”

Regardless of his sporting background, he stated Strictly was an enormous problem.

He stated: “I’m used to performing however Strictly is totally completely different. I often don’t should depend on anybody else.”

He stated Eiri had inspired him to participate. He stated: “She wished me to be challenged and he or she knew if she supported it, it could make it simpler for me. I’ve bought the form of mindset the place if I need to do one thing, I’ll do it.”

Katya joked she was positively giving Adam’s Olympic coaches a run for his or her cash.

She stated: “Once I stated we’d be coaching for 12 hours he thought I meant per week. However I used to be like, ‘No, day-after-day!’.”

She admitted that as a coach she doesn’t know when to modify off: “I’m all the time my very own inspiration however I additionally get so excited to take these guys on their journey on the present yearly.

“I’ll cease sleeping now. That’s it! My thoughts is like an engine that’s working 24/7.”

Adam stated studying to bounce is “like a sport of Tetris”.

He added: “You’ve bought to know the place to place all of the items.”

The star, who each Anton Du Beke and Craig Revel Horwood have described as probably the most ­aggressive Strictly has ever seen, has all the time favored to problem himself.

He stated: “In the event you’re in your consolation zone to your complete life, you’re not ­actually residing. For me to stay, I must be ­uncomfortable and be taught new issues.”