![]() They were very nice people and just had very unique jobs." I got to know some of the fighters over the years and was blown away: they're not just these gladiators in an octagon but real family men fighting for different inspirational needs. I was also a big fan of mixed martial arts. On the flipside, a bad teacher can do the same thing if they bring you down. Thirty years later, they still affect me now in terms of trying to be the best version of myself. On the teaching side, I've had teachers who were instrumental in my life and I wanted to honor them in a way and how they can affect you well past your schooling days. Read on more from James on what it was like having to rumble with his gorgeous co-star and pal Salma Hayek and on flexing different acting muscles: For the right reasons, I could stand up for my friends and my family, but that's not saying I would do well!" "I have such crazy respect for what these guys do. "First of all, these guys were all twenty years younger than men," he added. But ask the actor how he would fare in the ring and he laughs: "Horribly! Horribly!" Under the tutelage of the UFC's top rumblers (including legend Bas Rutten, who plays James' friend Niko in the film), James turned himself into a lean, sparring machine. For his role in Here Comes the Boom, Kevin James (who also co-wrote and co-produced the film, which comes out Friday) trained intensively for 14 months to transform himself from Scott Voss, a complacent biology teacher, to Scott Voss, the inspired mixed martial arts fighter who tries to save the high school's music program one showdown at a time. ![]()
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