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l-‘ltme Semis/mm. It wasn't until it was a wrap. and Julius l.ee-.\liller hadn‘t fallen uff a hruken hike and hruken an arm. that l euuld rela\.‘

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L‘\L‘lil\ lltttt littlltHKL‘tl. inelttding ()hree‘s disastruusl} shurt periud with a prufessiunal e) eling team. ‘I was pruhahl} the shurtest-e\er prufessiunal rider. 3| huurs ur sumething like that.‘ he sa}s. lle‘s nut laughing. ‘I have nu duuht that the w hule team was taking drugs. and l “as tuld. "_\uu need tu du the same." I said "I dun't want It) tlti that". l gtil lll'L‘Ll HI] 3 .lanuar}. and l‘\ e ne\ er heen in\ited haek intu an} prufessiunal team again.‘

'l‘hings gut wurse fur ()hree. whu was diagnused with manie depressiun. and une da} in 200] he was disemered hanging harel) alne frum the rafters uf his harn. It was his third failed .suieide attempt. l‘ix'e )’Cttt's un. ()hree is upheat. 'Sinee l wrute m} huukf he s;t)'s. 'l‘xe fuuttd there is mure interest in the mental illness thing than the eyelng side uf the stury. and it will pt‘ulitihl)‘ he the same fur The Hunt; Sen/small. But I think in time it‘ll be seen as a multi-faeeted film; une that appeals tu peuple in different wa}s. lt’s nu lunger just a rueky slur} uf a e} elist; it's mueh deeper than that.‘

Cineworld, 623 8030, 14 Aug, 9.30pm, £10.45 (£7.70).

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