I had the most incredible shoulders after, she says with a laugh.
Ive never had to do anything like that, Theron, 44, adds.
This film [has] the ability to carry two very strong female stories.
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But people can relate to experiencing loss, or experiencing something that changed the trajectory of their life.
They are warriors, adds Prince-Bythewood (Love & Basketball).
To normalize that was really important to me.
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To prepare to play elite mercenaries, Layne and Theron underwent months of training with fight coordinator Daniel Hernandez.
I mean, just anything ancient we could come up with, and also new tactics as well.
That was the very first thing that we filmed, Layne says.
That was day one.
I was like, Wow, just throw me into it!
After wrapping, she needed three surgeries on her left arm.
I definitely cried quite a bit, she admits.
We just have to keep going because what are we going to do?
We have three more weeks to shoot.
Weve got to get through it.
Shes seen everything, shes killed everything, shes been killed by everything.
After all, centuries of practice should make perfect.
I was like, Because this is really fing hard!
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