Behind the Face: Olivia Wilde

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Olivia Wilde is hot.

Sweating, actually. It's an unusually cool, overcast Saturday morning in Venice, California, but inside a neighborhood fitness studio, beads of perspiration have gathered on the actress's brow. Crouched over a sleek spin bike, the 26-year-old is pedaling furiously in the middle row of the 9:15 a.m. spin class, her face glistening, her blue-green eyes lasers of focus.

Olivia is a regular at the studio, but it's been a while since she has attended a class. A month earlier she was bucked from a horse while filming Cowboys & Aliens, a sci-fi Western costarring Daniel Craig and Harrison Ford due out this summer. "It was embarrassing, because I was the only girl [doing the stunt]," says Olivia. Thankfully, she emerged without serious injury, but she's not sure how her first time back in the saddle will feel.

While others whoop and holler to the beats of Justin Timberlake and Beyonce, Olivia pedals silently and steadily, and rides out the burn. "When you feel like you're going to die…keep going," she says.

"Always keep moving."

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Last updated: December 30, 2010   Issue date: January/February 2011

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