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Robert Carlyle backs real Full Monty show in aid of children with rare illness

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Scottish actor Robert Carlyle gave his backing to a real-life Full Monty show in aid of children suffering from a rare illness.

The actor helped support the fundraiser in Sheffield where a group of men stripped off to raise funds for research into mitochondrial disease - a progressive and life-limiting illness.The event was organised by Emma Webster whose six-year-old daughter Lillia suffers from the condition.

Carlyle, 61, is currently in Sheffield filming the Disney Plus series reboot of The Full Monty - the 1997 hit film about steelworkers forced to turn to stripping to make money.The Glasgow-born star, who played Begbie in Trainspotting, shared details with his 491,000 social media followers of a JustGiving page to raise money for mitochondrial disease support charity My Mito Mission.

Before the event, which took place on Friday, he wrote: “I hear a group of lads are doing the REAL Full Monty tonight in Sheffield.“They’re raising funds and awareness for Mitochondrial disease..

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