00:00I did all my fights in a row, and so when you watch the picture, there's a few fights the dame has.
00:06I shot all those consecutively, and so that means every day I was showing up to work and fighting.
00:12Wow.
00:12Every day, you know, 12 hours, 16-hour days.
00:16Let go of your fear.
00:18Let go of the guilt.
00:21Let go of whatever was and walk into what is.
00:24I fear those chains are breaking, yeah.
00:26I fear God, I don't fear death.
00:28I see those chains.
00:29Jonathan, how are you doing today?
00:31I'm good.
00:32Super fantastic.
00:33Wonderful.
00:33Nice to know.
00:34In this film, you kind of, without giving too much spoilers away, play two characters in a sense.
00:39How are you?
00:40You kind of see it through your mannerisms, even your accent.
00:44Everything just kind of changes at some point.
00:46How was it for you to kind of cultivate this character in almost two different ways for this film?
00:52Oh, I loved it.
00:53Because I think what we're describing is like the arc of him, right?
00:56And so you get so much information.
00:57You get who he is and how he wants to be seen, and then you get, like, what's really going on, you know, where he comes from, you know?
01:05Because as you see, as we do, right, when it gets turned up, all of a sudden, we're 17 years old again.
01:12No matter how old, we're 17 years old, outside our mama's house, talking crazy.
01:16You know what I mean?
01:17Like that.
01:18And that's the sound, you know?
01:19When you go to that very primal place, you sound like the streets.
01:23You sound like where you come from, wherever that is, in the streets or whatever.
01:25You sound like that.
01:27And then him trying to be tame, you know, and hold his ambition at bay, you know?
01:32And then as his body.
01:34And also, like, this was a man who was incarcerated, you see?
01:38And so he has to learn how to get back out there, you know what I mean, and stretch himself back out because he's been so tight for so long, you know?
01:45So showing that, showing it, you know, was really important to me.
01:50I like to think if you put the film on mute, you know, that's how I watch some films, you know, when I'm in my, you know, mode, you know, being crazy, you know, 2 o'clock in the morning.
01:58And, you know, put it on mute and see if you can get the story without the language.
02:04So that was a part of what was going on.
02:07Absolutely.
02:07And you more than did that.
02:09Thanks, man.
02:09For you, as a fighting scene, it's kind of a, I would say, in that new territory, we haven't really seen you in that light much on screen.
02:17What was it like learning, well, or maybe refreshing your skills in fighting for this film?
02:23I mean, fighting on my life, right?
02:25But boxing's a different thing, you know?
02:27Very similar to, like, riding horses.
02:29You know, I can ride a horse, you know?
02:31You do a Western, that's a different type of riding, you know?
02:34This is a completely different level of boxing, you know?
02:38It has to be professional grade, but also cinematic, you know?
02:43And so there's a lot of, there's give and takes in order to kind of execute the formula of what it needs to be.
02:50And on top of that, you have the idea that it's a story, you know?
02:54And so there's emotion that's going on, and all that has to be real.
02:58And so it was intense, you know?
03:01It was intense.
03:02I mean, there were days, and I'll say it now, you know, I did all my fights in a row.
03:06And so when you watch the picture, there's a few fights the dame has.
03:11I shot all those consecutively.
03:13And so that means every day I was showing up to work and fighting.
03:17Wow.
03:18Every day, you know, 12 hours, 16-hour days fighting.
03:22How was that?
03:23I mean, it was one of those, you know, where you can stand up straight and go, what's up, bro?
03:29You know what I mean?
03:29Like, when it's all over, you know, you've done it, you know?
03:32And that was a huge, I would say a small accomplishment, you know?
03:37I felt, you know, stacked up against me, you know?
03:40Even Mike said it.
03:41It's like, bro, it's going to be hard.
03:42And I was like, all right, you know?
03:43And that's all I needed to hear, really.
03:45You know, it was going to be hard?
03:46Okay, I'll smack it.
03:47You know what I mean?
03:48Yeah.
03:48Awesome.
03:49I know you said that the fights in this film were kind of anime-inspired.
03:54If you are an anime person, who would you say would be kind of your anime spirit animal
03:58that you were able to kind of tap into for that?
04:00Oh, it's got to be Vegeta.
04:02Yeah, Vegeta.
04:03We love Goku.
04:05We love Goku.
04:05Love him.
04:07But Vegeta, you just, you understand him.
04:11You understand him.
04:12Yeah, I always liked Vegeta.
04:14I didn't realize how much he's, yeah, I always liked Vegeta.
04:17Yeah, yeah.
04:18Yeah, definitely Vegeta.
04:21He's cooler.
04:23He's a lot cooler.
04:24He's got trunks, too.
04:26He's sun.
04:27He's just dope.
04:29Awesome.
04:30Thank you so much.
04:30No, you're welcome.
04:31You're welcome.
