A few days ago, the remake of the film premiered on Prime Video Road houseKnown in our country as WatchmanStarring Patrick Swayze. In the remake, Jake Gyllenhaal played the main character.
Mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor played Gyllenhaal's on-screen opponent, and this was his film debut. Gyllenhaal talked about what it was like working with McGregor.
Garrett Warren and Steve Brown, who have racked up numerous fights, have had a difficult task trying to live up to the original. The crew was amazing, with many items requiring close contact and holding. When you fight like this, there are a lot of unknowns. The biggest one was Connor because he was used to real fights and we would pretend. So I always told him: “Make sure you don't hit me too hard in the face.” And he said, “Oh, yeah.” I said to myself: “Oh my God…”
McGregor once accidentally hit Gyllenhaal while filming a fight scene at night. This happened off camera, with McGregor telling the actor what move he could make.
The film is directed by Doug Liman (On the edge of tomorrow), and the screenplay was written by Anthony Pajarozzi and Charles Mondry. In addition to Gyllenhaal and McGregor, the film will include, among others: Billy Magnussen, Daniela Melchior, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Lucas Gage, Hannah Love Lanier, Travis Van Winkle, BK Cannon, Arturo Castro, Dominic Columbus, Beau Knapp and Bob Minnery. In the remake, Gyllenhaal plays a former UFC fighter who becomes a bouncer at a bar in Florida.
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