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Mixed martial arts champion Conor Mcgregor makes his acting debut alongside Jake Gyllenhaal in a big budget remake of 80s classic Road House.
Yet while fans will be awaiting the verdict from its world premiere tonight, the man who played
Conor’s role in the original with the late Patrick
Swayze is pulling no punches about what he thinks.
In fact, Marshall
Teague is adamant:
Conor and Patrick’s successor Jake don’t have a fighting chance of beating their iconic brawling scenes – as theirs were actually real. Just like the broken bones they gave each other.
The US Navy veteran-turned-actor, 70, said: “If you watch the film, we’re not pulling the punches.
“He kicked me in the eye and cracked one of my sockets with a spinning kick. So I busted his ribs. A log I broke across his ribs was not in the script, it was ad-libbed. I just picked it up and hit him and he really did grimace and collapse.”
The original Road House was released in 1989 – two years after Patrick’s Dirty Dancing and became an instant cult hit thanks to the sheer brutality of its fight scenes. The movie is a staple of pop culture and remains one of America’s most-watched films.
The plot is simple: Swayze’s James Dalton is a bouncer who protects a bar in Missouri from a corrupt businessman and henchman Jimmy Reno, played by Marshall.
But filming it was anything but easy. A former undercover police officer with martial arts and military experience, Marshall reveals the then 36-yearold Patrick, who he called Buddy, was intent on showing he could play a “lover and fighter” – having shot to fame as a romantic lead.
At first Vietnam vet Marshall, who lives in Texas, chastised him for his lacklustre fight skills. But that fired them up to “b real mov
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