Jake Gyllenhaal discusses working with “white belt” actor Conor McGregor in new Road House remake
Jake Gyllenhaal has spoken about the experience of working with Conor McGregor on their Road House remake.
As we know, Conor McGregor serves as one of the featured stars of the upcoming Road House movie. He worked extensively alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, who leads the cast as the former UFC fighter-turned-roadhouse worker. The two have been seen together in order to promote the movie, with early reviews suggesting that it’s a pretty fun watch.
Of course, McGregor is known for being an unpredictable guy at the best of times. With that being said, Gyllenhaal noted in a recent interview that the Irishman took a refreshing approach to filming.
Gyllenhaal praises McGregor
“I came to the fight game as bringing movies there, and I thought it was a fantastic response. It was super fun,” Gyllenhaal told MMA Junkie. “I think we all had great respect for the fight game. Same thing with Conor when he came to the movie set. He came in and said, ‘I’m a white belt. I’m here to learn. I don’t know anything about making movies or acting, and I want to learn.’ That type of humility in that space, I tried to bring the same way in the opposite end. I don’t know that much about the fight game. I have great respect for it, and I wanted to learn.”
“Mostly I’ve worked with a lot of ex-fighters, but they’ve learned how to be stunt people so in that sense, they know how to fake fight,” Gyllenhaal said. “I think Conor had a learning curve in learning how to fake fight was not (natural). Also I worked with (Michael) Chandler, too, which is kind of interesting. Both of them in the sequences we did – I remembered taking a hit in a movie. You’re not taking it; you’re selling it. Being head-to-head with Conor, the first shot we shot was that head butt, and that was his first time just staring me in the eyes and I was like, ‘Oh sh*t.’”
Quotes via MMA Junkie
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