In the reboot of the 1989 flick, the MMA fighter makes his acting debut playing Knox, a goon-for-hire who goes head to head with Gyllenhaal’s character. The new Road House premiered at SXSW festival on Saturday night, and has been getting a decent reception as far as the reviews go – scoring a 79% on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing.
In the reboot of the 1989 flick, the MMA fighter makes his acting debut playing Knox, a goon-for-hire who goes head to head with Gyllenhaal’s character. The new Road House premiered at SXSW festival on Saturday night, and has been getting a decent reception as far as the reviews go – scoring a 79% on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing.
for his “devilishly flamboyant villain” portrayal, with the MMA fighter appearing to have taken his bold and brash attitude in real-life straight to the action flick.: “I think we all had great respect for the fight game. Same thing with Conor when he came to the movie set. “He came in and said: ‘I’m a white belt. I’m here to learn. I don’t know anything about making movies or acting, and I want to learn.’ “That type of humility in that space, I tried to bring the same way in the opposite end. I don’t know that much about the fight game. I have great respect for it, and I wanted to learn.” According to Gyllenhaal, McGregor – being an MMA fighter – had to train himself “how to fake fight” for the camera
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