Jake Gyllenhaal recalls ‘oh s—t’ moment with ‘white belt’ actor Conor McGregor when filming ‘Road House’

Conor McGregor has formally gone Hollywood.

The previous Final Preventing Championship (UFC) Featherweight and Light-weight champion acted in his first position as a part of a serious movement image in 2023. McGregor stars within the upcoming Street Home remake alongside Jake Gyllenhaal, which simply had its worldwide premiere this previous weekend (March 8, 2024), however begins streaming on Prime Video subsequent week (Thurs., March 21, 2024).

Street Home has loads of tie-ins with UFC as some scenes had been filmed throughout precise occasion weigh-ins with a Gyllenhaal combat scene additionally shot contained in the Octagon on a combat evening. When the notable actor first met his Irish colleague, Gyllenhaal remembers a pleasantly humble strategy to the brand new undertaking that was being taken on.

“I got here to the combat sport as bringing motion pictures there, and I believed it was a unbelievable response. It was tremendous enjoyable,” Gyllenhaal advised MMA Junkie. “I feel all of us had nice respect for the combat sport. Identical factor with Conor when he got here to the film set. He got here in and stated, ‘I’m a white belt. I’m right here to study. I don’t know something about making motion pictures or appearing, and I wish to study.’ That sort of humility in that house, I attempted to convey the identical means within the reverse finish. I don’t know that a lot concerning the combat sport. I’ve nice respect for it, and I needed to study.”

McGregor’s preventing future stays up within the air since he final fought in opposition to Dustin Poirier in July 2021. “The Infamous” has been adamant that he desires to return to motion for his long-anticipated match up in opposition to Michael Chandler, who he coached in opposition to on The Final Fighter 31 (TUF) final yr.

Coincidentally, Gyllenhaal realized about combat processes and sequences from Chandler, too.

“Principally I’ve labored with lots of ex-fighters, however they’ve realized the way to be stunt individuals so in that sense, they know the way to pretend combat,” Gyllenhaal stated. “I feel Conor had a studying curve in studying the way to pretend combat was not [natural]. Additionally, I labored with Chandler, too, which is form of fascinating. Each of them within the sequences we did — I remembered taking successful in a film. You’re not taking it; you’re promoting it. Being head-to-head with Conor, the primary shot we shot was that head butt, and that was his first time simply staring me within the eyes and I used to be like, ‘Oh s—t.’”