Jake Gyllenhaal SaysRoad HouseCostar Conor McGregor Accidentally 'Clocked Me in the Face' While Filming
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Jake Gyllenhaal’s training forRoad Househit a little too close to home.
On Monday’s episode ofThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the 43-year-old actor described what it was like costarring with MMA fighterConor McGregoron the movie, which is a remake of the 1989 film of the same name starringPatrick Swayze.
“By mistake,he clocked me in the face,” Gyllenhaal said of McGregor, 35, going on to explain, “We would do a take [of] fake fighting, and then we’d go watch the monitors to see it back, to see what worked.”
“He was always great with me,” the actor added in his conversation with hostJimmy Fallon. “He would tell me to do things like, ‘Oh, you know, turn your hand, move a little bit more this way to try to make it look more real.’ "
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Conor McGregor and Jake Gyllenhaal inRoad House(2024).Laura Radford/Prime Video
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Theface-clocking incident came aboutwhile filming one of said fight scenes around 3 in the morning, when McGregor “was talking to me really close,” Gyllenhaal said.
InRoad House, Gyllenhaal plays a former UFC fighter who becomes a bar bouncer at a roadhouse in the Florida Keys following the end of his fighting career. Aside from McGregor, he appears alongsideJessica Williams,Post Malone, Daniela Melchior,Lukas Gage,Billy MagnussenandDarren Barnet.
Jake Gyllenhaal inRoad House(2024).Laura Radford/Prime Video
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“I’ll tell you that being where I am — 10 years ago I madeSouthpaw, which is another fight movie, and I was in a different place,” he explained. “My body was, I knew that I needed help with nutrition and I knew I needed to keep myself safe from injury and I needed to also be able to have the aesthetics of the whole role.”
“So balancing all that took a group of people helping me all the time,” Gyllenhaal said.
Road Houseis streaming on Prime Video Thursday.
source: people.com
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