Already in 2015, Jake Gyllenhaal stunned the public with his physical transformation for
La rage au belly,
by Antoine Fuqua.
He played Billy Hope, boxing champion on the way to redemption.
This time, it was in the guise of a former MMA fighter, UFC champion, that the American actor and his impressive musculature resurfaced during the UFC 284
ultimate fighting
competition on Saturday March 4. in Las Vegas.
The arena of the sporting event was indeed used as a film set for Doug Liman's new feature film,
Road House
, which has no release date yet.
Just before the (real) fight between the Frenchman Cyril Gane and the American Jon Jones led by athletes, the actor, shirtless of course, made a sensational entrance in front of the raging crowd of the T-Mobile Arena.
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Remake
The little brother of actress Maggie Gyllenhaal therefore walked the floor of the octagon and exposed his drawn abs.
Road House
, the filmmaker's new feature from
Training Day
(2001) and Emancipation
(
2022) is a remake of the 1989 film of the same name, directed by Rowdy Herrington.
Patrick Swayze camped there the main role: that of the bouncer of a bar of Missouri, expert in martial arts.
In this new version produced by Amazon Prime, Jake Gyllenhaal therefore interprets, unlike his predecessor, a former MMA fighter.
Knockout
During the event were also present two other figures of this combat sport, who are part of the cast: former UFC fighter Jay Hieron and Conor McGregor, two-time champion in the Lightweight and Featherweight categories.
Jake Gyllenhaall also, during a face-to-face scene after the weigh-in, slapped Jay Hieron, before pretending to knock him out.
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