Jake Gyllenhaal BODY of WORK

THE STAR SPILLS ON LOVING LIFE AND GETTING FIGHTING FIT FOR HIS NEW FILM ROLE

- Jennie Noonan

Having trained for months to play a former UFC fighter who becomes a bar bouncer in Road House, a modern reboot of the 1989 cult classic starring Patrick Swayze, Jake Gyllenhaal ironically found himself impressed watching his co-star, UFC champ Conor McGregor, learn how not to fight.

“He had to unlearn things that would normally be second nature,” the actor told Vulture magazine. “His precision as a professional fighter was very helpful because it’s so much better when you’re working with someone who knows the difference in millimetres between angles of things. But before each take, I had to remind him, ‘Remember, you’re not supposed to  actually hit me.’”