Playing fighters in The Warrior took its toll on Joel Edgerton (Animal Kingtom) and Tom Hardy (Inception), as Edgerton tore an MCL ligament and Hardy cracked a couple of ribs during production.

“It was physically exhausting on one hand,” says Edgerton. “There was the fact that we weren’t allowed to eat a lot of carbohydrates, which if you’ve ever tried that, it kind of sends you a little bit crazy because your body needs the sugar and you start thinking kind of irrationally and you get a little short tempered.  So then you need a little rice and then you feel good again.”

Tom Hardy and Joel Edgerton talk about the physical challenges of shooting Warrior:

Directed by Gavin O’Connor, Warrior opens September 9th.

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