When it comes to physical transformations, Jake Gyllenhaal is a regular in the genre. For Road House, the remake of the 90s cult film, the actor underwent some pretty brutal physical training to step into the shoes of an MMA fighter. Before impressing martial arts specialists.
He definitely needs a lot of muscle to pull off the role of Patrick Swayze, who at the time played a thug hired to clean up a seedy bar and confront the local boss who controlled the town…
In an interview given to GQ, MMA fighter Fabian Edwards responded to the first images of Road House, where we see especially Gyllenhaal in the ring. The actor shows off his impressive muscles:
“I have the same build as him. Don’t have too much mass because it slows you down. His body is well sculpted, it looks like he has worked hard on it. We believe it, in contrast Creed III Where there’s a guy who hasn’t trained in years, gets back in the ring and wins. Gyllenhaal’s (MMA) technique is good“.
In this filming video, we can actually see the actor using a flying knee technique – a jumping knee – before punching his opponent:
We don’t know exactly What routine did Gyllenhaal follow? for Road House , but it could be like what he got for Belly Rage , a boxing movie where he gained 8 pounds of muscle through intense cardio and weight training.
We’ll have to wait for director Doug Liman’s (Memory in Cannes) release of the film on Prime Video to see the transformation for ourselves. The date has not yet been announced.
Source: Allocine
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