Los Angeles Sep 9 (IANS) "Game of Thrones" star Richard Madden says he was "fat and crushingly shy" at school and was never considered like a "heartthrob" -- a tag he got after the success of the film "Bodyguard".
The 32-year-old actor confessed he was "fat" and "crushingly shy" while attending a "fairly tough high school" in the town of Paisley in his native Scotland.
"I was fat and shy. Crushingly shy going to what was a fairly tough high school. Aggressive masculine " Madden told thesun.co.uk.
"I was a 38 inch waist when I was 12. I didn t wear denim until I was 19 because denim is hard to take up. My mum couldn t take my jeans up " he said.
It s not the first time Madden has brought up his childhood. He had earlier told Flaunt magazine that if he weren t acting he would be a "shy fat kid living in Scotland with no girlfriend".

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