Anyone who has done any fight training at all, even for simulations, could “wipe the floor” with me.
But Keanu could wipe anything he wants with me, if you catch my drift.
Ok Keanu … I can call you Keanu, yeah? … anyway, Keanu, in this movie we’ll be doing lots of wrestling, so I need you to pin me to the ground. We’ll need plenty of practice, and it needs to be realistic.
Then, in one scene, your character is going spank my character …
I don’t know but I am sure as hell would not trust him in adult education classroom with all those pencils
There’s a difference between remembering your training and being in proper physical condition.
In fact, if your film training involves different martial arts for each film, you probably would suck at actual fighting due to having to think about each thing you plan to do before you do it.
If you know one way to take someone down, if they come at you, you’ll reflexively do it.
If you know 30 ways to take someone down, you’ll either use the one you’ve used the most, the most recent one, or you’ll have to stop and decide which one makes the most sense in the situation—and that hesitation will mean you’ll lose against anyone well trained in a single discipline.
If I ever did anything that made Keanu want to fight me, I’d apologize and not fight back because whatever it was, I must deserve it.
I’m reasonably sure I’d lose against him without that premise.
Keanu could probably kick my ass without drawing on the training from those two characters. But if I was maybe 10 years younger I might stand a chance.
If he added John Wick, no. I would need to be even younger than that, and even then my chances would be slim at best.
And if he were to add Neo, well, that depends whether he truly believes, or not.
A lot of older actors were actual combat veterans.
Lee Marvin hated doing this scene, because he knew it was completely unrealistic. The director told him that by the time the audience got to this part they’d accept anything.
Keanu would have to be very careful that no one would injure his face in any way.
Also keep in mind that just because you win a fight, it doesn’t mean you aren’t completely fucked up.
