Digital Trends talked with actor Jordan Oosterhof about working with MCU actor TimRoth and playing a boxer in the new movie, Punch.
Creed III isn’t the only boxing movie in theaters. While Punch uses the often violent sport to illustrate the lead character’s internal struggles, it’s almost completely different than the Michael B. Jordan anime-inspired movie. Set in New Zealand, Punch focuses on the struggles of Jim , a young boxer who must navigate a difficult relationship with his father, Stan , and a burgeoning friendship with a gay Maori teenager, Whetu .
Jordan Oosterhof: Punch is all those things. I would describe it foremost as a coming-of-age story involving Jim, my character, and his relationships with both his father, Stan, and his friend, Whetu. They’re all good people who are well-meaning, but they’re all clumsy in their own way. None of them really connect with each other perfectly and they all learn from each other because of that.
Let’s talk about boxing. Your character Jim is training to be a boxer throughout the film. Can you describe what you had to do both physically and mentally to prepare for Punch’s intense boxing scenes? Mentally, you just learn to take the blows. It’s like acting; you learn to take it moment to moment and place that tension and focus on the other person and try to react as they move.We didn’t get a lot of time to prepare together because he was in quarantine when he flew over before production started. We spoke over Zoom and got to know each other. We talked about Jim and Stan’s estrangement and how they relate to one another or, in their case, how they fail to do so.
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