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During the filming of his new movie ‘Road House’, Jake Gyllenhaal reveals some of the behind-the-scenes moments between him and his co-star, the UFC fighter Conor McGregor It got a little out of hand.
To prepare for the film, Gyllenhaal went through specific training in order to take on the role of Elwood Dalton, a former UFC fighter who takes a job as a bouncer. He worked alongside McGregor, who makes his acting debut with this film.
Gyllenhaal says McGregor helped him learn how to throw punches and jabs to help make the fight scenes more realistic, but things took a turn when the UFC fighter punched Gyllenhaal in the face and when the actor put McGregor on a black eye
Jake Gyllenhaal reveals what happened behind the scenes during the filming of ‘Road House’
‘Road House’ tells the story of “former UFC fighter Elwood Dalton who takes a job as a bouncer at a roadside bar in the Florida Keys, only to discover that this paradise is not what it seems,” according to the official. description. The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal (Elwood Dalton), Conor McGregor (Knox), Daniela Melchoir (Ellie), Billy Magnussen (Ben Brandt), Jessica Williams (Frankie) and BK Cannon (Laura).
To prepare for the film, director Doug Liman “wanted to film a lot of these shots in long takes, meaning 8 to 10 combinations at a time,” Gyllenhaal said. Decider of the filming process and the fight scenes. “We had this four-pass process, which is a new way of filming fight sequences, which required the Hollywood pass; then a pad pass like hitting a pad and then getting hit with the pads, you could get the impact of both sides. ; and then a slow motion version.”
He added: “So each of these takes had to make these passes. We would have to establish the take that worked and then make the passes. So we go back to the monitor and watch.”
Conor McGregor punches Jake Gyllenhaal in the face
The ‘Ambulance’ actor revealed that McGregor helped the actor learn how to throw punches and “give him instructions.”
“(He was saying) ‘Oh, this punch didn’t really work out that way. Maybe throw your arm forward a little bit more. You have to take a step further, you really have to turn your body in the next combination.'”
“He would give me all these instructions,” the 43-year-old actor said of McGregor.
But sometimes things got a little out of hand, as Gyllenhaal revealed. the ufc fighter accidentally hit him in the face. “At one point, (Conor) talked to me on the monitor, and we filmed a lot of these fights at night. Inevitably, it’s late and we’re all talking, we’re all delirious,” he recalled.
He then used his Irish accent to imitate McGregor, telling the outlet that the UFC fight read: “Okay, so when you throw that left hand, make sure you hit me really hard with that right hand!”
“And he just, by mistake, punched me in the face!” Gyllenhaal recalled: “All this time, filming all those takes where we weren’t hitting each other at all. He was like, ‘Oh, I’m so sorry!'”
Jake Gyllenhaal gave Conor McGregor a black eye
The actor recalled another time when the fight scenes got a little out of control. In one scene, Gyllenhaal has “to hit her with a door over and over again, but it was all about measurements: inches.”
He went on to explain that “sometimes (McGregor) would move his face,” which caused Gyllenhaal to punch him in the eye—actually, the side of the eye.
“He got a black eye from it,” the actor recalled, “but overall, given how many fights we had in this movie, I’m surprised we didn’t have contact more often.”
He added: “The irony is that you are working with a professional wrestler, and his distance measurement is completely different than any non-professional. It’s an advantage, because he knows the difference in millimeters of how to make it look real and not. “. (I actually hit you).”
Conor McGregor praises Jake Gyllenhaal
Conor McGregor, who makes his acting debut in ‘Road House,’ recently spoke about what it was like working with the ‘The Covenant’ actor and how the two prepared for the fight scenes.
“There were real punches and it was grueling hard work and a lot of fun,” the UFC fighter said. Extra, “Jake has a knock. He knows how to throw a backhand, the lead hook and he’s got his uppercuts.”
Gyllenhaal is a “consummate professional,” he added.
‘Road House’ is streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime.