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GA: So you were doing stunt training? GC:
Yes.My training consisted of three hours of stunts in the
morning.That’s learning howstunt guys fight, and it’s a completely different art, really,withmore freedomto dowhatever youwant and have a little bit of imagination and creativity. Itwas fun.
GA: What was it like fighting without contact? GC: It was like creating something beautiful and still doing what I love without actually having to hurt anybody, which was a nice change forme. I’mnot this ridiculously angry person— well, I probably ama little angry [laughs] like anybody is. It was about developing the coolest fight scenes we could create.
GA: I read where you trained with a guy from Mossad, the famed Israel spy agency. GC: Yes, his name is Aaron Cohen, and he was great. The Mossad training was more about gunplay and pretty much becoming a 12-year-old boy playing war. That was really fun for me—it was like boot camp forMossad.
GA:Was it intimidating being on a major movie set for the first time, knowing you’re the star? GC:Not once did I have to worry about what I was doing. I think Steven is a genius at what he does. I was able to trust him. InMMA you trust your coach, and it’s nice to have that one person give you a game plan and an outside perspective. That is what Steven was tome. I’ll be a fan of his for life. To take a chance and open up that door forme was really special.
GA: Are you ready for the attention coming your way? GC: All the people who I’ve met inMMAand for the movie so
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far are really cool. I’mvery open to meeting people. I’ve had a couple of crazies here and therewhowere a little bit out of con- trol, and a couple of stalkers, but hopefully thingswon’t change thatmuch. I don’t really knowhowpeople are going to take the filmor howthey’re going to treatme afterward. I have no idea.
GA: What was it like working with so much A-list talent? GC:Not only did Steven have that vision and know exactly what he wanted, but he also surrounded me with beautiful people. I showed up in Dublin andMichael Fassbender became my mentor. He realized that here’s a girl who has never done this before, and he was so open to working with me. And EwanMcGregor was lovely and just wanted to help me. Every single one of them spent time with me.Michael Angarano and Channing Tatum helped me out more than they’ll know just by being regular human beings, but at the same time being so incredibly skilled and talented at what they do and sharing whatever they could with me in the most natural, comfortable way. It was, by far, one of the most won- derful experiences I’ve ever had in my life.
GA: I heard you were having a hard time getting Channing Tatum to hit you in your fight scene. GC: Channing is a really athletic, agile guy. He’s an older- brother type and was constantly thinking he could talk sh-t tome and get a story out of it.He had heard all of these little funny stories from everyone else, and that ended up being his story, him taunting me. [Laughs.]
GA: What other funny things happened during fight scenes? GC: Fassbender, he’s dynamic. There was this one part where
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