By mistake, issues bought somewhat loopy for Jake Gyllenhaal as he ready for scenes with UFC star Conor McGregor in preparation for the reimagining of the film Highway Home.
The movie premieres on Amazon Prime this week and stars Gyllenhaal as a former UFC middleweight fighter that finally ends up working as a bouncer at a bar within the Florida Keys. Very similar to the 1989 unique movie, bother finds him fast, and that’s the place McGregor is available in because the dangerous man.
Gyllenhaal and McGregor had a number of combat scenes throughout filming, and at one level, McGregor mistakenly struck Gyllenhaal.
“We had, really, by mistake, he clocked me within the face,” Gyllenhaal informed Jimmy Fallon on The Tonight Present. “We’d do a take the place we have been like preventing, and faux preventing, faux preventing, after which we’d go watch the monitor to see it again, to see what labored, and he was at all times nice with me. He would present me, inform me to do issues, and like, ‘Oh, , flip your head, transfer somewhat bit extra this solution to try to make it look extra actual,’ and it was late as a result of we shot numerous these combat scenes at evening.
“So it was like 3 a.m., and he was speaking to me actually shut, and he was like, ‘Yeah, like that left hook seems good, however then once you do it like, growth (displaying faux punch),’ and he hit me by mistake. It was virtually like … and I used to be like, ‘Oh!’ And he was like, ‘Oh!’”
Gyllenhaal bought in great form for the movie, which options combat scenes that have been shot with former UFC fighter Jay Hieron within the octagon previous to the UFC 285 primary card.
Having the ability to work with McGregor was a deal with for Gyllenhaal. He knew the previous two-division champion would get the most effective out of him.
“After I bought phrase that he was going to be doing it, I used to be tremendous psyched, as a result of they chased him for a very long time to play the half,” Gyllenhaal defined. “However then I bought completely terrified and I believed, ‘Oh God, I really should faux combat this man and I bought to appear like I can.’
“I keep in fairly fine condition, however we educated for 2 months fairly exhausting — grappling, and numerous MMA.”
