UFC, Bellator and Strikeforce veteran Jay Hieron hasn’t stepped into a cage in more than five years, but he’s still doing his share of sparring – in more ways than one. With Hieron’s fighting days behind, he’s currently carving out a career in Hollywood, largely as a stuntman but increasingly with a speaking roles, as well. “The Thoroughbred” says a recent role alongside award-winning actor Denzel Washington in “The Equalizer 2” proved especially educational. “We were going by the script, and then he just started ad-libbing, like improving, and saying lines that weren’t in the script, and the first time he did it, I kind of stuttered,” Hieron recently told MMAjunkie Radio. “But I went with it, thankfully, so then after that take – you know, he didn’t really talk to me before that time. … Then after that take, he was like, ‘Oh, I almost had you there, huh?’ And I was like, ‘Yeah.’” Hieron, who plays an assassin trying to kill Washington’s character, said he felt the veteran actor was trying to test his chops a bit, much in the way a veteran fighter might look for a young athlete to try and prove himself, as well
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