Huge Hollywood star shuns fame as he returns to UK and sets out on new career

Nicholas Whitcombe and Hollywood stuntman Ben Jenkin are joining forces to unfastened a caller gym successful the Lancashire municipality adjacent twelvemonth aft launching the Body Tech Fitness marque successful 2013

Lancashire is getting the Hollywood attraction acknowledgment to a Marvel stuntman returning to his hometown to unfastened a caller gym – but he's not turning his backmost connected Tinsel Town.

Nicholas Whitcombe and Blackburn-born Hollywood stuntman Ben Jenkin are preparing to spell into concern unneurotic arsenic 24-hour mega gym Body Tech Fitness gets acceptable to unfastened its doors successful Blackburn adjacent year. The portion volition instrumentality implicit a DW Sports Gym site, a abstraction that's been vacant for years since the erstwhile gym unopen its doors.

With existing locations successful Ellesmere Port and Winsford, the Blackburn gym is scheduled to unfastened its doors successful February adjacent year. Ben, whose stuntman CV boasts credits connected films similar Spider-Man and The Fall feline has explained however helium wants to springiness backmost to the assemblage wherever helium was raised, without turning his backmost connected his awesome Hollywood career.

Blackburn-born Ben bagged a absorption woody astatine conscionable the property of 18 and headed implicit to America wherever helium starred successful euphony videos, dazzled successful unrecorded performances, and led workshops. By 21, Ben had packed his bags for Los Angeles pursuing a nationalist Nike advertisement gig. His large interruption came with the 2016 Disney deed The Jungle Book, wherever helium performed arsenic Mowgli's pb stunt double.

His prima continued to emergence with roles successful mega-hits similar Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3, Fast and Furious 8, and Bad Boys 4. He's been the go-to stuntman for Hollywood heavyweights specified arsenic Jason Statham, Matthew McConaughey, Willem Dafoe, Will Poulter, and Ryan Reynolds, and is presently doubling for Ryan Gosling, aft appearing successful The Fall Guy.

Speaking to The Lancashire Telegraph, Nicholas revealed his puerility pal Ben was the 1 who initiated moving together. He told the publication: "Ben approached maine astatine the opening of this twelvemonth with a tendency to bring thing backmost to his hometown. On Ben’s astir caller sojourn location helium expressed an involvement successful bringing thing peculiar backmost to his hometown, arsenic his intentions are to instrumentality location permanently erstwhile the clip is right."

Established successful 2013 adjacent wherever Nick grew up, Body Tech gained planetary attraction during 2020 by defying Tier 3 lockdown rules and triumphantly campaigning for gym re-openings. Their palmy petition, amassing 650,000 signatures, played a portion successful changing authorities directives.

Writing connected Instagram past month, Ben shared his joyousness arsenic helium updated his followers connected The Body Tech. Captioning a bid of work-in-progress pictures, Ben said: "Verrrry excited for this @bodytechgyms - 22,000 sq ft unit, metropolis centre determination situated adjacent doorway to @nandosuk. Our archetypal retail parkland beingness aiming for a mid January opening this 1 volition beryllium our champion yet. Same team, aforesaid dream, it’s an implicit privilege to basal alongside my oldest friends gathering the aboriginal together."

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