Filming for the series progressed smoothly and the combat-focused scenes soon began. The series was about a young man with anger issues who is introduced to the world of mixed martial arts where he could vent all his accumulated rage.
The fact of the matter is that he was quickly taken down by the veteran fighters of the gym he entered. His anger gave him no advantage and before long his anger problem was over, but he remained the ambition to reach the top in that brutal world.
And that is how the story of the series begins, there is drama, little comedy and a lot of action. The fight choreographies were done by experts, to show a feeling of realism and that caused a very demanding effort for the actors.
Víctor and Damián, despite their acting experience is extensive and varied, the action genre was not their forte, especially without using doubles, for this reason, the filming slowed down, since many takes had to be repeated, since they felt a bit artificial.
On the other hand, Santiago with what he had learned in the gym, his daily practice and the explanations of the expert choreographers, had a clearer image of what he wanted to show, Santiago understood the director Johan's intention a little better.
Although, he had a clear idea and could perform the scene perfectly, the problem was with his fellow actor. When he was against any fighter in the series, it was simple, because those who played that character were expert stuntmen in action and the like, so he always flowed and the scene only corrected a few things.
However, when it was a battle scene with Victor or Damian, the situation was different. Due to their little experience, it was difficult for them to adapt and perform the choreography planned for the fight in a natural way.
Because of that, the scenes were repeated countless times, which caused the physical and mental exhaustion of all the staff, be it direction, sound, makeup, filming, and actors.
Repetitions of the same scene were beginning to drive several people crazy. The atmosphere on the filming set was beginning to tense and Santiago had noticed it. The casual conversations had stopped and the awkward silence was annoying.
So, Santiago seeing that things were not progressing in the last scenes of which, towards part, he made a decision that he thought about after a long time. He realized that the unnatural movement of Víctor and Damián was due to the fact that they did not want to hurt their counterpart.
Realizing this, Santiago proposed that they avoid that at least in their scenes, that is, Santiago told them not to worry if they hit him by mistake, just try to decrease the force as much as possible and that he assumed responsibility, so that none of the actors would feel bad if I got hurt.
Santiago's proposal generated an explosion of comments, many were opposed, because they knew that, if it was accepted, they could be required to do the same and they were not willing, unlike Santiago, they were actors with several projects and preferred not to get hurt.
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Even so, Johan the director decided to approve the proposal, but he made it clear that only Santiago and those who wanted to do it voluntarily could do it and he was quite emphatic on the matter that he had to volunteer, he even seemed a threat to John the producer.
It was as if he warned him that he would not allow the actors to be forced to take bodily harm for the sake of the recording and due to his strong position, Santiago was the only actor who agreed to take bodily harm.
At first, Víctor and Damián were reluctant to hit him and it led to the scenes being repeated countless times, it was only until Santiago spoke up to them and told them that there was no problem, they decided and did what was necessary.
From that moment the filming flowed quickly, occasionally Santiago received a few hits, but none really hard or damaging. However, in one of these scenes, there was a somewhat complex movement on Victor's part.
The choreography created showed the character of Donnal and Antón in a practice match. The scene begins with them struggling, Donnal trying to connect a key to Anton's neck and after a while of some grabbing and moving, Anton's character breaks free and pivoting on his left leg, launches a capoeira roundhouse kick and hits the Donnal's face knocking him down.
The scene progressed perfectly, Victor broke free and launched the roundhouse kick just as planned. Santiago only had to stay still and simulate the blow when Victor's kick arrived, but there was an accident.
Due to the struggle in the scene, the floor of the octagon where the fight was being filmed was a bit damp and when Victor performed the roundhouse kick, his supporting leg slipped, which changed the direction of his kick a bit and hit him hard in the face. from Santiago.
The blow was strong, Santiago's head turned abruptly and he fell on the immobile floor. A trickle of blood could be seen from his mouth and everyone on the set was scared, because the blow was strong, especially Víctor, because it was not really his intention to hit him.
When everyone was going to run to his aid, a loud "Cut, print" was heard and Santiago got up as if nothing had happened. His lip was cut and dripping with blood, but it was nothing to worry about.
The blow seemed strong due to the sound that was heard on impact, but the reality of the blow was not as exaggerated as most thought. Even so, everyone came to check it out, Víctor was pale with fright and he emphatically apologized, very sorry.
Santiago did not follow up, he knew it had been an accident. Johan came over and said, "I was surprised that you continued acting after the accident, but thanks to that I think it's one of the best scenes of the entire shoot."
"Thank you for the compliment, but honestly 50% of it was real, it wasn't as strong as it seemed, but it wasn't weak either, I still thought it would look more real and I decided to continue the performance," Santiago replied.
Johan touched her shoulder and asked her to go heal and rest for the day. With that comment he went to get cured and then home, took a bath, ate and went to sleep, he was tired and a little sore from the blows he received.
Thanks to Santiago's sacrifices, the scenes of his participation finished filming and his work was done. Filming would still take a few more weeks and it would go through the editing and promotion process, but Santiago was already free.
Being a rookie actor, it didn't make sense to add him to the promotion, because he had no fans or followers, his promotion would be unnecessary, that's why his contract only focused on acting and nothing else, so when he finished his scenes, he just had to hope that the series will premiere
Saying goodbye and thanking everyone, he said goodbye. Thanks to his dedication and work ethic, he earned everyone's respect, even exchanging numbers with Víctor and Damián.