Conor McGregor and Jake Gyllenhaal joined the Armchair Expert Dax Shepard at SXSW to discuss what their experience was collaborating to remake Road House, how promoting a movie is different than promoting a fight, and what the motivation was for Conor to learn mixed martial arts as a young man. Conor and Jake also explained what training for a fight does for your physical health, what it takes to create believable fight scenes, and how much they love being creators. Listen below:
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Stephen and Naomi — a couple of fugitives from the predictable middle class of the Northeastern United States — were doing relatively well. Stephen — born in a small town in Pennsylvania — was the oldest of six children. Naomi was the daughter of a pediatrician and a surgeon in NYC. They had gotten married and moved to LA in the 1970s, in search of an artistic life. He loved cinema, while she loved writing.
