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Jake Gyllenhaal has starred in a fair share of rough-and-tough movies where he has to fight certain characters. From a helpless and brave person inNocturnal Animalsto an MCU villain inSpider-Man: Far From Home,Gyllenhaal has done it all.
The actor recently portrayed the role of Elwood Dalton in the 2024 filmRoad Housewhich is a remake of the 1989 film of the same name. Wanting to prepare for his role, Gyllenhaal surprised 15,000 people by showing up unannounced at the UFC and having a fake fight!
When Jake Gyllenhaal Showed Up At The UFC!
Gyllenhaal mentioned that even though he stays in pretty good shape, he had to undergo two months of extensive MMA training and several other forms of fights to prepare for his role. The actor also stated that to shoot a scene forRoad House,they decided to shoot at an actual UFC octagon!
Sitting alongside Jimmy Fallon onThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon,theNocturnal Animalsactor talked about how it was a surprise for 15,000 people to see him in the UFC ring. Gyllenhaal revealed that although it was a fake fight scene, the audience was cheering him on which Gyllenhaal referred to as an“insane”moment!
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“Yeah, that was pretty nerve-racking. They had never allowed anyone besides who wasn’t a fighter into the ring. And I’m wearing the UFC shorts and it has my character’s name on it and stuff like that.”
He further continued,
“We surprised an audience of 15,000 people after the undercards at the main event. We were given a certain amount of time and to shoot this sequence, this little piece of fight sequence.”
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As the interview further continued,Jake Gyllenhaalrevealed that he was actually fake fighting in the Octagon. What’s harrowing is that even though the people kind of got to know that they were fake fighting, they still cheered him on!
The People Kept Cheering For Jake Gyllenhaal!
After a few minutes, the people got to know that the fighting that they were seeing wasn’t in fact, actual fighting. Seeing Jake Gyllenhaal fake-punch a fighter, the actor revealed that the people kept cheering him on and the feeling was simply… insane.
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“Then they kind of got that we were fake fighting, but they were still cheering, you know. i would throw a fake punch and they’d go crazy, like 15,000 people. It was cr-it was insane”
With Gyllenhaal saying thathe would love to be the new Batmanin James Gunn’s DCU and starring alongside Conor McGregor inRoad House,the actor has been all over the news. His 2024 film received a rating of 6.2/10 on IMDB and an average of 67% on Rotten Tomatoes.
Visarg Acharya
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Visarg Acharya is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on movies, with over 3000 articles published. He has been an entertainment journalist for the past three years and a copywriter at a corporation. Visarg usually covers news and theories on the MCU and the DCU, with an emphasis on Avengers and Superman; Game of Thrones, and more.A Tarantino fan, Visarg, spends his time critiquing various directors’ filmographies and watching them with curiosity. Medieval fantasy like The Lord of the Rings or sci-fi movies like Interstellar, watching the latest horror movies, and listening to Hans Zimmer become his comfort zone. When idle, he can be found reading fantasy novels with a terrible cup of coffee in hand.
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