Jeremy Piven Forced to Try Yoga

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Jeremy Piven got his twang back after being sidelined by illness recently. Piven, the macho Ari Gold in Entourage, was forced to give yoga and leotards a go.

He said: "I loved the way it made me feel. It opens you out, and you get great twang. "It's incredible. Ari [Gold's] got some quick-twitch anger, and to do that repeatedly, you have to come from a place of stillness. It's so funny because I'm naturally kind of calm. To be healthy, you have to have those dualities in your life." Piven got a rare case of mercury poisoning that led to him cancelling his Broadway debut in Speed the Plow. He said: "I panicked early. I went to a doctor, and he said, 'I have never seen levels of mercury like this.' I think it was nature's way of saying you've got to stop. The feeling I can equate it with is when you've slept for an hour but just continue to keep going. "That's the state I was always in. I haven't touched a piece of fish in nine months, and I've finally taken a break. I haven't rested in 20 years. If you don't balance your life, you're going to be brought to your knees - that's basically what happened to me."

Provided by: Philippa Bourke / Splash News

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