Little question Jake Gyllenhaal took stepping into ripped and shredded form for the “Highway Home” remake very critically.

“He undoubtedly had a really strict eating regimen occurring he was very clear about,” Gyllenhaal’s castmate Hannah Love Lanier mentioned on the movie’s New York Metropolis premiere March 19. “I believe one of many funniest instances was when he was consuming these rice paper wafer crackers. He was making an attempt to persuade everybody that they had been scrumptious. They weren’t. They tasted like cardboard, however he was actually making an attempt to get everybody to suppose they had been good.”

Lanier recalled watching Gyllenhaal take off his shirt when issues acquired too sizzling throughout filming within the Dominican Republic. “There have been just a few instances when Jake must take off his shirt to sort of get a number of the sweat going away as a result of you realize the Dominican Republic is sort of a sauna on the market,” she mentioned, earlier than including with fun, “I believe there was a bit flexing occurring when he was taking off his shirt.”

Rounding out the forged of director Doug Liman’s remake of the 1989 cult basic are UFC champ Conor McGregor, Daniela Melchior, Jessica Williams, Billy Magnussen and Lukas Gage together with Put up Malone.

“What number of instances do you could have a combat scene the place you’re going toe-to-toe with the world’s greatest fighter after which one of many world’s greatest film stars?” Gage, who performs a bouncer in coaching within the film, advised Selection. “I can say that I had a choreographed combat with Conor McGregor. How cool is that?  After which Jake Gyllenhaal defended me. I imply, come on. That’s each woman’s dream.” 

Then there was the wrap get together. “We skinny dipped within the ocean,” Gage mentioned, including, “We acquired to dwell it up.”

The movie marks McGregor’s performing debut. “I used to be so fortunate to study from Jake,” he mentioned. “He has made an unbelievable quantity of films. It’s important to consider how exhausting this one was. It was exhausting work. It’s very exhausting work.” 

“Highway Home” is on the market on Amazon Prime.

Replace: After the article was revealed, Gage reached out to Selection to make clear and demand that he was the one one who acquired bare within the ocean.