EW took a deep dive into how the show works to create the most realistic fights possible.
When we choreograph the fight, its like Im a translator, Stevenson says.
When we do our job right, you watch it and youll understand what just happened.
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For the actors, however, the process has just begun.
This fight oddly mirrored the storyline, Lauria says.
He didnt have any time to really practice; we might have had an hours worth of practice together.
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Its a little bit of a different fight, says Balasco, who also directed the episode.
Its all business, Lauria says.
Thats not what Ryan really wants but hes willing to accept [the loss].
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But then once its game time, theres no turning back.
Jay is not someone to be taken lightly.
In the cage, theres only one thing to do, and thats fight my heart out.
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The show puts these characters through these remarkable and deeply uncomfortable crucibles, Tucker says.
Thats where we get to find out who these people really are.
I think thats very similar in real life too when it gets challenging, it gets revelatory.
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