Francesca Eastwood talks in-ring training.
Eastwood had a huge task when she signed on for the 'Queen Of The Ring' Mildred Burke biopic, as she was tasked with playing the role of the legendary Mae Young.
As it turns out, Eastwood had to do a bunch of in-ring training for the movie, despite the fact that she didn't have a lot of in-ring scenes.
"It was hard for me. I don't have the background in wrestling. It was definitely a challenge. It's completely different than stunt training, it's different than fight choreography, it's different than all that. It's completely its own thing. So it was challenging, it was physically demanding. But I focused on, Mae's not in the ring too much in this flick, but I focused a lot on just trying to get down her physicality— just her walk, her vibe, her energy as much as possible, and I watched a lot of her ringside and that kind of stuff too." Eastwood said while speaking with Fightful's Sean Ross Sapp for a new interview.
Eastwood continued on and said that the in-ring training was grueling.
"I did do in-ring. We did a lot of in-ring training. I don't know how much of it is in this flick, but we did go through the training and it was pretty grueling, it was pretty grueling. But I thought that Emily did an absolutely amazing job. I thought Kailey was incredible as June Byers and phenomenal just performance in general. It's just really great to be a part of something so just wild and fun and new to me."
Elsewhere in the interview, Eastwood stated that she could see a show about Mae Young being made in the future. Check out her full comments here.
Fans can check out Fightful's full interview with Eastwood in the video linked at the top of this article.
'Queen Of The Ring' hits theaters on Friday, March 7. Find showtimes near you by clicking here.
