Famous actor Jake Gyllenhaal has revealed that he suffered from a staph infection while filming a fight scene for the cult classic action movie Road House.
Gyllenhaal said he was injured on the set of the film’s remake, and explained the incident during a recent appearance on Dax Shepard’s Armchair Expert podcast. he said to shepard Guest star Conor McGregor said he injured his hand and later developed an infection.
“We fight on the floor, we fight around the table, we fight around the glass,” Gyllenhaal said on the podcast. The bar fight scene quickly spiraled out of control. The actor said he “put his hand on the bar” on top of “straight glass.”
The actor said he was in severe pain at the time of the incident.
“I felt the glass move in my hands,” he said. “I remember that feeling. [and] “That’s a huge amount of glass,” I said.
Jake Gyllenhaal attends the “Everest” photocall during the 72nd Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2015 in Venice, Italy.Photo by Vittorio Zunino Cerotto/Getty Images
Jake Gyllenhaal attends the “Stronger” press conference during the 13th Zurich Film Festival on October 3, 2017 in Zurich, Switzerland. Zurich Film Festival 2017 will be held from September 28th to October 8th. Photo by: Andreas Rentz/Getty Images
Gyllenhaal said he was not alone and many people were injured during filming.
He said the cast was forced to wrestle with “stuff like that all the time” because scenes were needed to remake the original ’80s film starring Patrick Swayze.
Starr said that while the cuts on his hand were serious, he did not know which of the many cuts actually led to the staff member’s infection.
Jake Gyllenhaal attends the 94th Academy Awards Ceremony on March 27, 2022 in Hollywood, California.Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images
Jake Gyllenhaal attends the multimedia event “Strange World” held at Picturehouse Central on November 19, 2022 in London, England. Photo credit: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Disney
“I think that’s where it comes from, remember that scene where they come in with the pieces of wood?” he said on the podcast.
He said he reached for McGregor’s arm and thought, “Oh, maybe he’s hurt.” (Related: Anthony Anderson says he was rushed to the hospital after a ‘fight on a movie set went wrong’)
“But my whole arm got swollen. It turned out to be staph,” he added. “Thankfully, I was really, really trying to take care of my body while doing everything that we were doing and doing it. There were no major injuries.”
