Vince Vaughn Used to Box When He Was Younger | 'Brawl in Cell Block 99' | TIFF 2017 - video Dailymotion

"You had to really be dialed in," he said of picking boxing back up to get in shape for the film.

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00:00Well, you know, they were kind of demanding. I mean, Craig's got a great eye. He's, you know,

00:04he was a cinematographer. He was an animator. He just is a jack-of-all-trades. And so he really

00:08had specifics that he wanted to do. And the way that we did them would be, you know, 15-20

00:13combinations at one go. So you had to really be dialed in. And I just sort of went to work. You

00:20know, I had Bach some younger. And so I sort of revisited that in a much more serious way,

00:24just to be fluid and to be comfortable. And I got in pretty good shape for the movie,

00:28which made it easier. But ultimately, you're kind of going through these sequences. And when you

00:33fill them, you have to really commit to them. So it was exciting. I think there was something about

00:38it that felt exciting doing it that way. But it was definitely, it was definitely different. I mean,

00:43you weren't breaking things up. And, you know, I wouldn't say that safety was the biggest concern.