Jake Gyllenhaal used a UFC fight night to shoot scenes for his next movie. street barlast Friday.
The Hollywood actor surprised viewers at the UFC 285 fight which took place on March 3 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.
The star, who plays an MMA fighter in his upcoming film Road House, arrived just before the actual wrestlers were weighed in to film some scenes.
Gyllenhaal, 42, appeared extremely fit and muscular to reprise the role Patrick Swayze originally played in the 1989 cult film Trucker Bar.
The actor has toured with former UFC fighter Jay Hieron, even going so far as to smack the latter in the face during the two men’s head-to-head after the weigh-in for the purpose of the feature film.
Photos and videos of the scenes, captured by some stunned onlookers, quickly found their way onto social media.
We see the Hollywood actor with a perfectly cut body and an impressive physique as he rocks his character before the match and has a fight in the arena. A video even shows Gyllenhaal’s character knocking out his opponent with a knee in the air.
- The revival film Road Bar was directed by Doug Liman (Mr. and Mrs. Smith, “The Memory in Your Skin”).