Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor star in Prime Video's newest film, 'Road House.' The famed actor and legendary fighter interview each other in the New York City boxing gym where Jake learned to fight for 'Southpaw.' From casting Conor, a huge fan of the original Road House starring Patrick Swayze, to Jake's physical transformation in preparation for the film, the two share how they helped develop one another's acting and fighting skills, offer glimpses of their experience shooting, their futures and more.
Director: Noel Howard
Director of Photography: Kenny Suleimanagich
Editor: Kris Knight, Gerard Zarra
Talent: Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor
Creative Producer: Arielle Neblett
Line Producer: Jen Santos
Production Manager: James Pipitone
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Talent Booker: Meredith Judkins
Camera Operator: Jake Robbins; Matthew Dinneny
Gaffer: Vincent Cota
Sound Mixer: Mike Guggino
Production Assistant: Chad Douglas; Kalia Simms
Post Production Supervisor: Rachael Knight
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Rob Lombardi
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Filmed on Location at: Church Street Boxing Gym, Park Place Location
Director: Noel Howard
Director of Photography: Kenny Suleimanagich
Editor: Kris Knight, Gerard Zarra
Talent: Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor
Creative Producer: Arielle Neblett
Line Producer: Jen Santos
Production Manager: James Pipitone
Production Coordinator: Elizabeth Hymes
Talent Booker: Meredith Judkins
Camera Operator: Jake Robbins; Matthew Dinneny
Gaffer: Vincent Cota
Sound Mixer: Mike Guggino
Production Assistant: Chad Douglas; Kalia Simms
Post Production Supervisor: Rachael Knight
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Rob Lombardi
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Filmed on Location at: Church Street Boxing Gym, Park Place Location
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00:00 I like to say Jake has had 75 movie shots or 76 I think.
00:04 I've had 75, 76 bar fights.
00:06 So we kind of blended it together and we bounced off each other
00:09 and we made a classic.
00:28 I used to, literally right there, I used to,
00:30 eight miles watch people spar.
00:32 It's a great place to start.
00:33 You would train here.
00:34 Well, Conor would train here.
00:35 I trained here a few times.
00:37 I'm not a New Yorker now, so I would just, on my travels,
00:40 I've been here for work and for business,
00:42 you know, or a fight upcoming.
00:45 I had my double world title here against Eddie Alvarez in New York,
00:48 the first UFC event legalized in New York.
00:51 We had it here in Madison Square Garden.
00:52 I trained here for periods in the lead up to it.
00:55 And then you trained here as well, Jake?
00:57 I trained here for two months, pretty much straight for Southpaw.
00:59 I feel like if you're in New York City
01:00 and you're looking to train at a real boxing gym,
01:02 you can't get any more real than this.
01:04 We're like four floors down underground.
01:06 It's almost like a bomb-proof gym.
01:08 When the people here too, it's, there's nothing so inspiring.
01:10 And there's a martial arts spot at the back of it also,
01:13 which has mats, so you can go barefoot.
01:14 I remember I had a meeting in the back when we were training
01:17 with Antoine Fukuya in 50 Cent before 50 decided to go do the movie.
01:20 Wow.
01:21 He came here, came down.
01:22 What movie was this?
01:23 Southpaw.
01:25 Oh, he was in Southpaw?
01:26 Yeah, he plays my character's manager.
01:27 Wow, wow.
01:28 I was back there and I was like, "Oh, wait.
01:30 Oh, I remember that table."
01:32 Did you actually train in this place for that movie?
01:35 Yeah.
01:35 Oh, wow.
01:36 Deadly, yeah.
01:36 Really good.
01:37 Was it shot here in New York?
01:38 Or where was it shot?
01:39 No, it was shot in Pittsburgh.
01:40 Pittsburgh.
01:40 It's a real boxing town as well, Pittsburgh.
01:43 I was here, so we found here and they're great here.
01:45 And they had, I'd come every day.
01:47 Yeah, they look after you.
01:49 Did you, yeah?
01:50 Deadly.
01:50 What was your boxing experience like before the movie?
01:53 None?
01:53 Zero.
01:54 Not even a jab?
01:56 I mean, you know, like-
01:57 I mean, you've done some fight scenes and that before, right?
02:00 You know, jab?
02:01 Yeah, yeah.
02:01 But not in a boxing.
02:02 You want to be crisp with your shots.
02:04 Don't have, I had no idea.
02:05 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:05 I had no idea the art of it.
02:07 And this is where you came to Church Street Boxing.
02:08 Well done.
02:09 You know, you're a credit to your craft.
02:10 You immerse yourself in your roles.
02:13 And you know, that's impressive.
02:14 It's a trait I've taken from working with you
02:16 for my own self going forward.
02:18 Oh, but also like watching your documentary,
02:20 watching that and seeing how much you put into your,
02:23 I mean, obviously fighting is a completely different game,
02:25 but the things you've done to your body
02:27 to get yourself to that place, not only in training,
02:29 but also to get yourself to weight and stuff.
02:31 Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:31 That was what made me think about it,
02:32 the psychology of all that.
02:33 Yeah.
02:34 Because that's a different world.
02:35 Then you have to enter a different,
02:36 you enter a different world.
02:38 Yeah.
02:38 You know, of all the things, that's the most admirable.
02:41 That's really-
02:41 It's an intense game for sure.
02:43 It is a very intense game, a very difficult game
02:45 to achieve, even a fraction of success.
02:49 All it took me, Jake, was every single waking second
02:51 of my life.
02:53 And my thinking.
02:54 That's it?
02:54 That's all it took.
02:55 Okay, cool.
02:56 And then voila.
02:57 And then voila, I got a launch pad to get to somewhere else.
03:00 I didn't even get it off of that.
03:02 Do you get me?
03:02 Yeah, I feel you.
03:03 So it relates so much to the fight game
03:05 and to the combatants in the game.
03:08 And you know, that's why I'm fully immersed in it.
03:10 You know, with my companies and my brands,
03:12 I support many fighters and up and coming GMs.
03:15 I know what it takes in this business
03:16 and it's not an easy business whatsoever.
03:19 Yeah, but your energy, you have so much energy.
03:20 You're always up to things, doing things.
03:23 Your businesses, your physicality, all of it.
03:25 To me, working with you, like when you first came to set
03:28 on the very first day, I've really never worked
03:30 with anybody where when you came to set,
03:32 there was like a crowd.
03:34 Like everybody was like training their necks.
03:37 They're like, "Oh, God, here's your opponent.
03:38 Ooh, let's see."
03:40 You have this incredible charisma.
03:42 It shows in the movie.
03:43 As soon as your character comes in,
03:45 it's like, get a shot.
03:47 It's like, you know, the movie's sort of like,
03:49 "Oh, it's so fun, so fun.
03:50 Okay, what's gonna happen?"
03:52 The whole thing takes off.
03:53 It's so cool.
03:54 - Grew legs for sure.
03:55 It was, you know, a cameo, in and out type of vibe.
03:58 And then as I got in, it certainly grew legs.
04:01 I don't remember exactly how it started.
04:03 - They wanted an intro for you.
04:04 - I know the location was different.
04:05 It was supposed to be Hong Kong, then it was Italy.
04:07 So I was gonna be landing in, I was gonna be in Hong Kong.
04:11 And I don't know whether I was bouncing off an apartment
04:12 or I was bouncing off something.
04:13 - Something, but I just remember that they wanted you
04:15 to have a good intro.
04:17 I remember, 'cause you didn't have that kind of intro.
04:19 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
04:20 Well, they gave me a good one
04:21 and I'm happy with it, you know.
04:22 - And an outro too.
04:23 - An outro.
04:24 (laughing)
04:26 - The first idea of getting Conor, I was like, "Good luck."
04:29 You know?
04:30 And then slowly it started to become reality.
04:32 And I thought, "No way, no way."
04:35 And then I remember where I was.
04:36 I was biking, I was on a bike in France.
04:41 It was like 1 a.m.
04:43 And I was coming home from a dinner.
04:44 I was biking home and I got the phone call.
04:46 I was like, "Conor's in."
04:48 And I was like, "Oh, no way."
04:50 And then I was like, "Oh, shit, we have to fight."
04:52 - It would have been a hard no for me.
04:54 It was always a yes to work with yourself.
04:56 I've always been a fan of your work.
04:58 I'm always an admirer of your work.
04:59 Especially Doug Liman as well, a phenomenal director.
05:02 Joel Silver, the producer,
05:03 who Action Man Joel is in the industry.
05:05 And then you think about the story itself
05:08 and the movie itself, the Roadhouse, the fights.
05:13 All of it hit home and I was always going to do it.
05:15 - You're a huge fan of the original Roadhouse.
05:17 - A huge fan of the original, for sure, yeah.
05:19 So maybe I wanted to get in there
05:20 to make sure it was going to be looked after.
05:23 I'm happy with it.
05:24 I think, I know there's a lot of people
05:26 that are going to be out with a magnifying glass,
05:28 want to be cynical, you don't want to point something,
05:30 but I believe everyone, fans,
05:32 especially fans of the past one, are going to love this one.
05:35 And it's a new addition for them.
05:37 - A question everybody asks me is whether or not
05:40 someone's going to get their throat ripped out.
05:41 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
05:42 - That's a big question.
05:43 - Yeah, there was loads of things.
05:44 If you think about the amount of things
05:46 that we could have done and that can be done.
05:48 Who knows what happens in the future,
05:50 but could have been a bit more homage.
05:52 But it's a reimagination, it's not the same story.
05:55 It's a trope off of the story.
05:57 - You can't match it.
05:57 - The UFC, and I absolutely love,
05:59 fight fans and myself, a fighter,
06:02 when the intro and the crowd,
06:04 that was so worth it to make that trip to Las Vegas,
06:07 to lock down the UFC.
06:09 At the time, walk-ins, in between walk-ins,
06:12 so we were using the real crowd.
06:13 We went to the weigh-ins,
06:14 Jake had a weigh-in against a former UFC fighter,
06:16 Jay Theoron, they squared off against each other.
06:19 And I was in the crowd, getting the crowd hyped up for it,
06:22 so I was a fan.
06:23 But when it all came together in the movie,
06:25 it was all so worth it.
06:26 - I remember real fight fans being like,
06:28 "What is going on here?
06:29 "Jake Jones looking shredded at the weigh-in."
06:32 - Yeah, 'cause that would have been
06:34 the first time they'd seen it.
06:34 - I know, right?
06:35 - There was no messing about in the preparation, for sure.
06:38 There was a lot of really intense work for preparation.
06:40 And then on set, it was no less intense.
06:43 It was hard work.
06:44 - Had that all come about,
06:45 whose idea was that,
06:46 and what was the logistics involved
06:48 in making that happen?
06:49 - Well, it was important from the very beginning
06:51 that we have the UFC involved,
06:53 because obviously, my character was written
06:55 as a character who's an ex-UFC fighter,
06:57 and it was just essential to the whole thing.
06:59 - It was hit and miss at times, wasn't it?
07:01 - It was.
07:01 - It was gonna be maybe ex-FC or something like that.
07:03 - But also--
07:04 - 'Cause obviously Dalton's history,
07:05 the story is he's killed somebody,
07:07 and the UFC didn't really want that.
07:09 I was like, "Hold on, well maybe let's veer away from that."
07:12 But no, that had to be the story.
07:13 So we got there in the end,
07:14 but it was almost lost.
07:15 The partnership almost fell through then in the end,
07:18 but thankfully we got there,
07:19 because everyone knows the Octagon, that walk,
07:21 it's iconic, and it just livens it.
07:24 The movie just comes to life then, you know what I mean?
07:26 That's the way I felt.
07:27 - We shot the movie,
07:28 and we had had all these supposed flashback scenes.
07:31 We hadn't shot them yet.
07:32 Actually, we prepared a month after to go to the UFC.
07:36 I think it was 283, the night before I got COVID,
07:39 and so we had to scrap the plan to go back to Vegas for 285.
07:43 It ended up being an incredible night, 285.
07:45 - That was the John Jones, was it?
07:47 - Yeah, yeah. - Yeah, it was a great night.
07:49 - The energy was so incredible.
07:50 It was like everything worked in the right way.
07:53 And it takes a village to do something like that,
07:55 because essentially all we had was,
07:57 we were told by the UFC,
07:58 we had either anything between 45 seconds
08:01 to seven and a half minutes,
08:02 depending on how far the other fights went.
08:03 - This is in cage?
08:04 - In cage. - In cage, yeah.
08:05 - Because depending on how long the fights went,
08:08 how far they went, we wouldn't know.
08:10 So you could have 45 seconds.
08:11 So we had to design three plans.
08:13 - How did you feel going into the octagon
08:16 with the crowds nervous?
08:17 You must have been, you've never fucking done it before,
08:19 and you're in an actual live place.
08:21 It was a real fight before you,
08:22 and it was a real fight after you.
08:23 - No, I was high for four days.
08:25 - What, yeah? - Oh my God.
08:27 - That does happen.
08:27 I don't sleep for about 48 hours at least.
08:29 - I can't believe that.
08:30 - Even probably more.
08:31 You're just full of adrenaline,
08:32 and it's a mad, post-fight is a mad experience.
08:35 - Jay said to me, Jay here,
08:37 and he said, "Before we went in there,"
08:38 and we could feel the crowd,
08:40 we could feel the crowd going, he goes,
08:41 "Let's make it real.
08:42 "You can hit me for real if you want."
08:43 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
08:44 - It was like everything switched, you know?
08:46 Everything switched. - Yeah, he probably
08:47 would have liked that.
08:48 He probably would have wanted a smack.
08:49 But you pretty much did.
08:51 You cracked him with a good knee.
08:52 You know, they were watching.
08:53 Their shots were good.
08:54 You came through.
08:55 You represented the sport.
08:57 You represented the movie,
08:58 and you know, fair play to you.
09:00 - Thanks, man.
09:01 That means a lot coming from you.
09:02 It's again, it's the thing I think often.
09:04 I'm sitting here with Conor McGregor.
09:06 I remember watching him fight and come up,
09:09 and then become a phenom,
09:10 and then all of a sudden,
09:11 thanks to this incredible job I have,
09:13 all of a sudden I'm sitting across from him
09:14 and we've done something together.
09:15 - Same, exact same, likewise.
09:17 - It sort of blows your mind.
09:19 It's an interesting circle in that I trained here,
09:22 and then I remember in a similar way,
09:24 it was like when I met Eminem,
09:26 when I met Marshall when we were doing promotion
09:28 for that movie, and I met him before that a little bit,
09:30 but really when we were doing promotion,
09:31 I was like, "My God, I've been such a fan
09:33 "for so many years, and now I'm sitting across
09:35 "someone who I idolize,
09:36 "and who's so incredible at their job."
09:38 This sport has brought so many people together
09:40 of all different levels, of all different skill sets,
09:43 and that's what's incredible about this gym,
09:45 is you look around when you're here,
09:47 and there are beginners, and there are kids,
09:48 and then there are experts,
09:49 and then there are retired pros,
09:51 and everybody's a community here.
09:53 - Can you imagine the people that have walked
09:55 through these doors over the years?
09:57 - No, I remember walking one day,
09:58 you walk any day of the day,
09:59 and this is probably,
10:01 but I remember walking down the halls here,
10:02 and there was just blood all over the floor.
10:03 You know what I mean?
10:04 This is a place that has great history, great history.
10:08 - So you both were familiar with each other
10:09 before working with each other,
10:11 fans of each other even.
10:12 How did expectations versus reality meet up?
10:15 - This guy is great. - Above and beyond,
10:17 for sure, above and beyond.
10:18 I needed a bit of support,
10:19 I'm obviously at this game,
10:21 at his game, the acting game,
10:24 so Jake was able to give me tips and pointers,
10:26 and Jake and everyone on cast,
10:28 they were very patient with me,
10:30 so it meant a lot to me, for sure.
10:33 - One of the things I was so impressed by
10:36 was the first thing he ever said to me
10:38 was he said, "Jake, I'm a white belt in this,
10:42 "and I'm here to learn."
10:43 And from somebody who is in your position to say that,
10:47 I thought, again, referencing MMA,
10:50 I think mixed martial arts brings out a humility as well.
10:53 - For sure. - It takes profound confidence
10:55 and a big ego and all those things,
10:57 but I think within the space, there's this humility,
11:00 and I was really moved by that,
11:01 and I think so was Doug.
11:02 I remember talking to him after he spoke to you
11:05 for the first time,
11:07 and I was just, that's exactly the attitude, I think,
11:10 to come in and try and make something great,
11:12 and you absolutely did.
11:14 I learned a lot, and I was a fan of his
11:17 from many years before.
11:19 What's your biggest challenge as a new actor?
11:23 - Oh, jeez, as a new actor, I came in right at the top.
11:26 I got in right beside yourself.
11:27 I got guidance from Doug Liman under Joel Sill.
11:31 You know what I mean?
11:32 I was looked after.
11:33 I got right in there,
11:34 so as far as challenges what a normal rising actor would get,
11:39 it's not comparison.
11:40 For me, it was almost the shock of the workload of it.
11:43 You're talking 15-hour days, even 18-hour days,
11:46 and then you've got a few hours rest, and you're back in.
11:48 That just took me by surprise,
11:50 but I was very blessed, man, very lucky.
11:53 I don't know what it is and how I got in here,
11:56 and I just made some smart moves
11:58 and committed myself, and let's see how it goes.
12:02 That final fight scene is a great scene, isn't it?
12:04 When we were shooting it, I was like,
12:06 'cause the first one is so good,
12:09 you know, coming in with the thing,
12:10 and then we go around, and that's such a great scene.
12:13 And then when we were doing the next one,
12:16 the last one, not the next one, the last one,
12:18 I was there.
12:19 I was thinking, maybe the early one's better,
12:22 but then when you see it now, it's cinema magic it is, yeah?
12:26 That's a hats off to Gareth Wannell.
12:28 - Absolutely.
12:28 - Those guys, those stunt guys were unbelievable.
12:30 - Unbelievable.
12:31 - All across the board, we had great backing,
12:34 great support, great team.
12:35 - Gareth Warren, Steve Brown, who are our fight coordinator,
12:37 our stunt coordinator, fight coordinator, respectively,
12:40 they choreographed a lot of these fights.
12:42 But then what they're so great at
12:43 is that they allowed us to put our own spin on things.
12:47 And because when I, like, for instance,
12:49 the first slap fight was first a punch fight,
12:51 and then I had this idea that,
12:53 oh, it'd be kind of funny if it was a slap fight.
12:54 - Yeah, that was great, it was brilliant.
12:56 - And they were like, "Oh, that's a great idea."
12:58 - That was great about them,
12:59 that they were very accommodating.
13:01 So they'd come up with a concept,
13:03 and then we'd say, "Well, this feels nice,"
13:05 and then it'd be like, "Yes, that's it."
13:07 And then we'd all be just one team in unison.
13:10 - But you would constantly,
13:11 the thing that was incredible about having Conor
13:13 was that he would come up with something,
13:16 you'd go, "Ah, I don't believe that.
13:18 "Nah, fight fans aren't gonna like that."
13:19 - Yeah, yeah, yeah, or it would've been peculiar about that.
13:22 That would've been my thing.
13:23 - Yeah, but you would also,
13:24 you guide me through things, too.
13:25 Like, when we were graphing, I remember you telling me--
13:26 - Yeah, just like body talk, talking the body,
13:28 and just to make the shot more realistic,
13:30 the way the body mechanics would be.
13:32 And it worked, it absolutely worked.
13:33 - So do you, like, when you watch movies,
13:36 fight movies or just movies generally where there's action,
13:38 do you notice when it's bad?
13:40 Do you notice when you don't like it?
13:41 - I mean, you would, I'm more,
13:42 I go into an imaginative state, you know?
13:45 I don't really, I wouldn't critique it so much.
13:48 I would just enjoy it for what it is.
13:51 But, you know, being involved in it personally,
13:54 knowing the history of the Roadhouse Classic that it is,
13:57 the cult classic that it is,
13:58 and knowing now the UFC is involved, you know?
14:01 I was for sure picky with it.
14:03 You know, little details on a punch, on certain punches.
14:08 Jake knows how to throw a backhand,
14:09 knows how to throw a jab,
14:10 knows how to throw shots.
14:12 But, you know, sometimes you just need a little,
14:14 just a little reminder of it,
14:15 and then you're able to do it, and then boom.
14:17 It makes the shot look way more--
14:19 - We were shooting things like in--
14:21 - Slow motion.
14:22 - Slow motion, but like long takes.
14:23 So it wasn't like we could go and focus on
14:26 one punch or two punches.
14:27 A lot of times there were eight, nine, 10 combinations
14:30 at a time.
14:31 - Yeah, yeah, yeah.
14:31 - And so you'd get six of them,
14:32 but then you'd miss two in the middle,
14:34 and then you'd get the last two, right?
14:35 And so, for me, my mind didn't work that way, too.
14:39 We shot a lot of those things at night, too.
14:41 All those fights were at night.
14:42 So you'd eat three in the morning or something,
14:44 and your brain starts to go like--
14:45 - Yeah, you're a bit delirious.
14:47 What I will say is I've never seen a movie like it,
14:50 as far as absorbing shots and fight scenes.
14:53 I've never seen it.
14:54 It was, the methods, like look when I get close to you,
14:57 don't let no one get this close.
14:59 I'll bang you on my head.
15:00 That's like I've given you a full smack on my head.
15:03 You know what I mean?
15:03 And the methods we've done--
15:04 - Wait, but do you remember when we were shooting that?
15:05 And I remember you were like, looking at it,
15:08 and you were like, is it really making contact?
15:11 Then we did the four pass process,
15:13 and you were still like, I don't know.
15:14 And I was like, it's gonna look cool.
15:16 Remember?
15:16 That was so interesting to me because--
15:18 - So talk to him on the four pass project.
15:20 - First pass is him faking hitting me
15:22 and me responding to it, being really close to him,
15:25 going like that, me hitting back.
15:26 And the second pass was, the pad was replacing me.
15:29 And then Connor would headbutt the pad.
15:32 And then the next pass was, he was the pad,
15:34 and then it would hit me.
15:35 And then the last pass was slow motion
15:37 where Connor was just going.
15:38 (imitates slow motion)
15:40 - I love that part.
15:40 I love that, I was doing that with the kids then.
15:42 - Yeah, like, the kids.
15:44 - Brilliant.
15:45 I had a, what an experience.
15:47 The door, we'd have seen where I bushed
15:48 through the roadhouse in the fucking car.
15:50 I got a hold of a vehicle and go through the car,
15:53 and then I'm stuck in the car, I can't get it out.
15:56 And just as I'm about to get out,
15:57 Jake runs over, slams it into me, bang.
16:01 And we had to just repeat it,
16:02 'cause Doug was like, "No, it's not believable."
16:06 Now, we were supposed to practice it.
16:08 My first time on set, right?
16:10 For my first time doing this role,
16:12 so some of the times I might have,
16:13 you know, I was a little off on a day.
16:15 You know, it was an overwhelming one at times, right?
16:18 And one of the days we were supposed to practice
16:20 before we'd done it, and I didn't show up for it.
16:23 And they weren't happy, no one was happy.
16:24 You know, I wasn't even happy myself,
16:25 I was just, I was only supposed,
16:27 whatever, I won't get into the politics about it,
16:29 but I was there, I should have been there
16:31 a little bit earlier, I wasn't, yeah,
16:32 and they weren't happy with me.
16:34 But I'm getting the door smacked off me, right?
16:36 And it's over, I go, bang.
16:38 And Doug is the director, Doug's saying,
16:39 "No, it's not real enough, we should have been here,
16:41 "we were practicing."
16:43 And I said, "What?"
16:43 And then I have a fucking black eye,
16:45 the door was actually smacking me in the fucking,
16:47 I was actually getting full wax of the door.
16:50 I'm saying, "What do you mean it's not real enough?
16:52 "I'm actually getting hit with the door here.
16:54 "This is a real car door."
16:55 It was as real as it gets, man.
16:57 I was like, I was holding,
16:58 we're all fighting on a little dinghy,
17:00 not a dinghy, what's it called, Pontiac?
17:01 - Yeah, a dinghy, a dinghy, yeah.
17:02 - Like a dinghy, and the boat goes like that,
17:05 I'm holding on through the water.
17:08 Crazy, crazy stuff on me first one.
17:10 But, you know, we're amazed, we done it.
17:12 - Remember the rope that was connected to the door?
17:14 And I had to slam the door,
17:15 but there was a rope that was connected to it.
17:17 Every time I did it, I was like,
17:18 "I wanna crush Sean's leg."
17:20 - 'Cause my leg was like, "Oh,"
17:21 and the rope, it's just a rope that's stopping it.
17:24 - Well, accidents can happen on set,
17:25 and I'd only come from a fucking horrific leg injury.
17:28 Something like that, "Wha?"
17:30 But we had a great time, man, Jesus,
17:31 we made a classic, I feel.
17:33 We made a good one for the people,
17:35 and I'm excited for them to see it.
17:37 I really am excited for them to see it
17:38 and see how the response is.
17:40 - What's in the future for Conor McGregor, the actor?
17:43 - Oh, I don't know.
17:43 I'm in talks with no one, in talks for fighting,
17:47 for a fight, you know,
17:48 so I'm looking at back in competition,
17:51 hopefully June 29th,
17:52 then hopefully September for Mexican Independence Day.
17:54 - I'm not up for that, I just want you to know.
17:56 - Yeah.
17:57 [laughing]
17:58 No, you know, it's time for me
17:59 to get my competitive game going again, you know,
18:01 so that's what I'm focused on.
18:03 - Just 'cause you're doing this doesn't mean
18:04 you're not still a fighter, you're not--
18:06 - Nah, I mean, I don't, this isn't,
18:08 this is Jake's game, you know?
18:10 Fighting's my game.
18:11 But it was enjoyable, and I'm enjoying the whole process,
18:14 and I always said, like people would ask,
18:17 "Will I do it again?"
18:18 I said, "Wait 'til the movie comes out,
18:21 "and let me see how I feel about it,
18:22 "and then I'll go from there."
18:24 - I'd love to work with him again,
18:26 and there are a lot of cool ideas.
18:28 - Yeah.
18:29 - So.
18:30 - You should make a real UFC movie someday.
18:32 - I mean, the UFC is a movie in a lot of ways.
18:34 You know, I mean, Embedded, all that stuff.
18:37 I mean, the stories of the fighters,
18:38 and as you follow them, as everything ebbs and flows.
18:41 One of the most beautiful things, I think, about it too,
18:43 and I'll just say in terms of your story,
18:45 is also the way in which you are in, you know,
18:50 success, but also in defeat.
18:51 Like, to me, that's a story of you
18:53 that I find so inspiring, you know?
18:56 I think so many people do,
18:59 and that game, particularly the UFC,
19:01 like that fight game is a different game.
19:03 It's different in the UFC than it is in boxing, and so.
19:05 - It's an addictive business.
19:07 It is an addictive business.
19:08 That's why I'm eager to get back, you know?
19:10 My story's not done yet.
19:11 You know, I came off of a big, heavy injury.
19:14 I got the chance to do this movie,
19:16 but you know, I gotta get back in there now.
19:19 You know, I've been out handing out the flyers.
19:21 It's time to get back to the shop now.
19:22 You know, that's kind of where I'm at.
19:24 - Well, you're welcome back to our shop.
19:25 - Thank you.
19:27 - You're doing Broadway now with Denzel Washington.
19:31 Wow, Shakespeare.
19:32 That's gonna be intense, my man.
19:34 When, what talked you in the process of that?
19:36 'Cause you were talking, remember we were talking on set,
19:38 and you were saying about Broadway,
19:39 and it's a different kind of vision.
19:41 You actually prefer Broadway, do you?
19:42 That's what you, was that what you said to me?
19:44 - Well, I love being in front of an audience.
19:46 I mean, when I got into the ring in the same way,
19:48 - You felt that.
19:49 - It felt familiar in that way.
19:50 Totally unfamiliar in a lot of other ways.
19:52 But the, to me, that's the same thing.
19:55 As you walk in, you walk in front of a live audience
19:57 every night, and you have a challenge,
19:58 and the challenge is to tell a story
19:59 with this group of people.
20:01 And particularly for me, the challenge has always been
20:04 something I wanted to set with Shakespeare,
20:06 who is, you know, goes without saying, is Shakespeare.
20:10 - When is it coming out?
20:11 - Next year.
20:12 - So you'll go into now preparation for that,
20:14 and it'll take a good year of preparation.
20:16 - Yes.
20:17 - So you'll be practicing on stage,
20:18 and then you'll release it next year?
20:19 - I can't wait for that, my man.
20:20 I'll be at that.
20:21 - Okay.
20:22 - For sure.
20:23 - Okay.
20:24 - I'll be at that.
20:25 - Great.
20:25 - Denzel and everything, man.
20:26 That's something else, isn't it?
20:27 - Yeah.
20:28 - What's the Shakespeare story?
20:29 What's it called?
20:30 - Othello.
20:30 - Othello, yeah.
20:31 Very good.
20:32 You just do one show a night,
20:33 or what way does the shows work then?
20:34 - Two days a week, you do two shows a week.
20:35 - Two days a week, you do two shows a day?
20:36 So four shows a week?
20:37 - Eight shows a week.
20:38 - Oh, eight shows, okay.
20:39 I'll do a cameo.
20:40 I'll be like the tree or something, you know?
20:41 (laughing)
20:46 I play a great tree.
20:47 - I did Shakespeare.
20:48 - I play a great palm tree.
20:50 (laughing)
20:50 So palms trees and Shakespeare.
20:52 No, I look forward to that, my man.
20:54 I look forward to that for sure.
20:56 Brilliant.
20:57 Jake, top man.
20:57 Great day, brother.
20:58 Thank you so much.
20:59 - Same.
21:00 - Appreciate you.
21:01 - Thank you so much, guys.
21:02 Thank you all.
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