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UFC flyweight champion Valentina Shevchenko is among the hardest kicking superstars within the UFC, so when considered one of Hollywood’s glamorous film stars discovered herself on the unsuitable finish of one of many 32-year-old’s kicks on the set of her subsequent film, it goes with out saying the non-UFC fighter didn’t actually benefit from the expertise.
However that A-list film star, Halle Berry, stated it anyway Tuesday evening whereas showing on “The Tonight Present” starring Jimmy Fallon, when the favored actress assured followers her subsequent movie is bound to function some bone-crushing motion courtesy of Shevchenko.
“I broke some stuff on this one,” Berry stated. “And you realize what? It’s okay. I all the time get damage, however I spotted that, if you go arduous, you’re sure to get damage. Once you do your personal stunts, you’re sure to get damage.”
Getting Whacked by Shevchenko Was Essential for Movie
Berry revealed to Fallon that getting walloped by Shevchenko was tremendous painful but additionally an necessary a part of bringing a measure of actuality to the struggle scenes she was making an attempt to seize for her directorial debut, a movie entitled “Bruised” that’s set to be launched within the close to future.
“On this film, I used to be combating the true UFC flyweight champion, Valentina Shevchenko,” Berry stated. “And you realize what? She needed to throw some actual kicks, and I needed to actually take them, and that basically broke some bones.”
Berry stated the apparent about Shevchenko: that the champ was an actual terror. That’s one thing the Russian’s flyweight competitors is aware of fairly nicely by now, and now plainly Berry is aware of it, too.
“She’s a beast, however I couldn’t have requested for a greater instructor, a greater scene mate, a greater struggle accomplice,” Berry stated. “She simply introduced a lot actuality to it for me. At occasions, I felt like I used to be actually combating.”
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Berry Believes Motion Was Lifelike as Doable
Berry additionally instructed Fallon that Shevchenko helped her seize as real looking motion as attainable for her movie.
“Like, our referee that was within the film is an actual referee, and he says a few occasions, ‘Man, I assumed I used to be watching an actual struggle’ as a result of she introduced a lot energy and authenticity to our struggle scenes,” Berry stated.
Shevchenko is ready to star reverse Berry because the movie’s important antagonist. That’s one thing the champ instructed Heavy earlier this yr earlier than her UFC 247 win over Katlyn Chookagian.
Shevchenko Scored Essential Win at UFC 247
In her final struggle, the champ’s second-round stoppage over her No. 1 contender netted Shevchenko her fifth straight win since shifting all the way down to the flyweight division two years in the past. It additionally marked the third straight protection of her UFC girls’s flyweight title.
Now, it seems probably the most attention-grabbing and profitable UFC stars on the planet is about to have an excellent greater likelihood to develop into a mainstream celebrity. She’s already one of many prime athletes in MMA. Now, she’s going to star in her personal Hollywood film with Berry.
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