To his credit, he didn’t want to have Hollywood stunts and have doubles come in. “We were training probably five days a week, and he had plans to film ‘Here Comes the Boom.’ So he knew he was going to take about two years to get in shape. “As soon as Kevin showed up in Boston, it was on,” DellaGrotte told (earlier this week. But a couple years later, with the germ of an idea for “Boom” already in James’ head, and a trip to the Boston area looming to film “Grown Ups” with pals Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider and Hayek, he knew he’d want some gym time during the shoot. James already had been training with Rutten. James and DellaGrotte met in 2006 when the trainer went to one of James’ standup shows in Las Vegas with Georges St-Pierre during taping of “The Ultimate Fighter” Season 4. It’s a role DellaGrotte had no trouble playing since he had been playing that role for James in real life, training him at his Sityodtong muay Thai and MMA gym in Boston. Along the way, he also trains with a former fighter named Niko, played by Bas Rutten, and woos the school nurse (Salma Hayek).īut it’s DellaGrotte’s help as a trainer that starts to put James’ character Scott Voss over the top as a fighter. The film stars James as a teacher who takes up MMA as a means of raising money to help save the school’s music program and the job of its director, played by Henry Winkler. Especially if there was interest in making a sequel.ĭellaGrotte plays himself in the movie, which was in theaters this past fall and arrived on DVD and Blu-Ray earlier this week.
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That the movie would be MMA-based would have been even more of a stretch.īut after his experience filming “Here Comes the Boom,” the acclaimed MMA trainer knows one thing for certain: He’d do it all over again.
Top Gun: Maverick (4K UHD Blu-ray Review).Pearl – Wal-mart Exclusive Art Edition (Blu-ray Review).Voss HERE COMES THE BOOM Starring Kevin James, Salma Hayek, Henry Winklerįeaturing Pop Singer Charice and Former UFC Heavyweight Champion Bas Rutten Bonus Features Include Deleted Scenes, Multiple Behind-the-Scenes Featurettes and a Gag Reel No One Will Fight For His Students Like Mr.
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Read on to see the full press release, which lists all of the extra features that will be available on this fully loaded Blu-ray. I am aware it is not going to win any awards and may not be as good as I want it to be, but dammit, I’m going to see it eventually, and I will have my chance on February 5th. Of course, no one wanted to go with me, so I didn’t get a chance to check it out. Maybe it’s because it looked like a more lighthearted version of the great film Warrior from 2011, but something about the trailer made me want to see it. I will say this, I may not be a big fan of what has come out of Happy Madison production lately, but I was strangely intrigued by this film. Coming this February to Blu-ray – Here Comes the Boom, starring Kevin James ( Paul Blart: Mall Cop), who takes on the role of a teacher trying to save the school’s music program by becoming an MMA fighter.
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