Jake Gyllenhaal was undoubtedly dedicated whereas filming Highway Home… A lot so he obtained himself a nasty an infection!
If you happen to haven’t heard, the 43-year-old stars in a remake of the Patrick Swayze-led ’80s motion traditional of the identical title. The 2024 reboot drops on Amazon Prime March 21 and co-stars boxing professional Conor McGregor, so if you happen to’re itching for a violent, pulse pounding, adrenaline spiking two hours, we’d suggest checking it out…
Hell, after listening to what he went by way of for the film, Jake deserves a giant ol’ field workplace hit! Wait, what do you name a blockbuster on streaming? LOLz!
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Whereas showing on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Knowledgeable podcast on Monday — with Conor — the Brokeback Mountain star cued listeners into simply how brutal the shoot obtained:
“We’re combating on the ground, combating round tables, we’re combating round glass.”
Rattling!
At one level, he remembered placing his “hand on the bar [on] f**king straight glass” — OUCH! He remembered:
“I felt the glass stepping into my hand. I bear in mind the sensation [and] went, ‘That’s loads of glass.’”
He mentioned stuff like that occurred “on a regular basis” throughout manufacturing, so he doesn’t even bear in mind precisely when… however he apparently obtained a staph an infection at one level! Whereas speaking to Conor, he theorized:
“I believed it got here from, do not forget that scene the place you include a chunk of wooden? I grabbed your arm and I believed, ‘Oh, possibly I’m injured.’ However my complete arm swelled up. It ended up being staph.”
Oof. That’s GNARLY. For individuals who don’t know, staph infections happen when staphylococcus micro organism enters your “bloodstream, joints, bones, lungs or coronary heart” and results in doubtlessly DEADLY infections if not handled, per the Mayo Clinic. However fortunately, Jake obtained his taken care of:
“Gratefully, I used to be actually, actually making an attempt to maintain every thing that we did and my physique whereas we had been doing it.”
Regardless of the tough shoot, Jake says he “didn’t maintain any main accidents.” Phew!
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