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Jake Gyllenhaal Contracted A Staph Infection On The ‘Road House’ Set — And It Sounds Awful

The actor said his "whole arm swelled up" while working on the film, in which he plays a reimagined version of Patrick Swayze's iconic 1989 role.

Appearing on this week’s episode of the “ Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard ” podcast, Gyllenhaal recalled cutting his hand while working on a fight scene in the movie, which co-stars Daniela Melchior and Conor McGregor. The original “Road House” debuted to mostly negative reviews but, perhaps buoyed by Swayze’s star power at the time, turned out to be a surprise hit on home video. “Amazon asked me and the film community to trust them and their public statements about supporting cinemas, and then they turned around and are using ’ Road House’ to sell plumbing fixtures,” the director wrote in a Deadline essay published that month.

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