Road House’s Lukas Gage warns followers of ‘stereotyping’ Conor McGregor | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday

The 28-year-old, who goes toe-to-toe with the UFC legend in a single scene, admitted he needed to undergo “absolutely insane” coaching to match Conor’s combating prowess even when he was pulling his punches.

However, regardless of how “scary” it was for the White Lotus star to stroll on-set and face his advisory, Lukas revealed that Conor is vastly completely different outdoors of his combating moments than what followers would possibly count on.

Speaking to Daily Express on the movie’s London premiere, he warned followers of stereotyping the blended martial arts icon: “You see Conor McGregor and you have this preconceived idea of who he is as a fighter but I think he’s also playing a character.

“He’s so sweet and he’s so kind. He’s here right now with his whole family and just gave me a big hug.”

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“He’s playing into this version of himself but the real him is one of the nicest guys.”

In hindsight, Lukas finds it “hilarious” how terrified he was of going in opposition to the debut actor “now that I know him”.

But he’s admittedly nonetheless not eager on having “a fight with him in real life”.

Elsewhere on the premiere’s pink carpet, Daniela Melchior, who performs Ellie the love curiosity of Jake Gyllenhaal’s Dalton, revealed not all the things went to plan on the unique, action-packed set.

In one specific scene, Ellie sweeps Dalton away for a romantic date on a sandbank, with the pair enjoyable on chairs in ankle-deep water as they take in the sunshine.

However, this picturesque second was truly the second date the pair went on, because the 27-year-old revealed: “Basically, in that scene where we’re sitting and it’s very romantic, very beautiful with the landscape and everything.

“The first time we went to the wrong sandbar we had water until here,” she says gesturing to her waist.

“We weren’t sitting, we were floating! We had my cooler floating around, the beers were floating (away) from us. It was so so awkward.”

Road House is offered to stream on Amazon Prime.