Gyllenhaal reveals funny moment filming with McGregor: ”I was like, ‘Oh shit!’”

Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor. Photo via Instagram: (@jakegyllenhaal) and (@thenotoriousmma)

On March 21, Conor McGregor debuts in his first major Hollywood movie as the remake of the classic action movie Road House airs on Prime Video.

The star of the movie, Hollywood star Jake Gyllenhall, recently revealed how it was to work with the former UFC double champion.

“Mostly I’ve worked with a lot of ex-fighters, but they’ve learned how to be stunt people so in that sense, they know how to fake fight,” Gyllenhaal told MMA Junkie. “I think Conor had a learning curve in learning how to fake fight was not (natural). Also I worked with (Michael) Chandler, too, which is kind of interesting. Both of them in the sequences we did – I remembered taking a hit in a movie. You’re not taking it; you’re selling it.”

Gyllenhall revealed one scene in particular when he felt he was in for more than he could take against the UFC fighter.

”Being head-to-head with Conor, the first shot we shot was that head butt, and that was his first time just staring me in the eyes and I was like, ‘Oh sh*t.’”

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Jake Gyllenhaal respects McGregor’s attitude

The veteran Hollywood actor has great respect for the inexperienced McGregor’s approach to acting.

”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.”

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