Benny Urquidez

He really saved the production because he put in that old style of filmmaking, punch, beat-them-up stuff." With each day focused on immediate turnaround, "If you look in the movie," says Mann, "it's written in the script that I do this incredible kata, a theatrical sword movement, before I fight Vega in the cage.

At the time, Benny Urquidez, we called him Benny the Jet, was our trainer.

Every day I'd go to Benny and ask if he could teach me this kata.

Every day he'd say, "Let's think about it." Turns out he didn't do swords either.

And it's when you, when you watch, you can, there's a really big difference i- i- there's a really big difference in a fight choreography when, and when you're watching it.

When you watch, like, the intention, I think that's why, like, the Benny Urquidez fight scene with Jackie, um, is one of, is, is, is so good because when, like, when, 'cause Benny was a real fighter.

Yep.

When it, on set, they were, like, going.

You can tell.

Yeah.

And Benny Urquidez is, like, one of the best-

Kickboxers, yeah

Was it Rafael from the Turtles, or was it John Woo?

It's Benny "The Jet" Urquidez.

He's in the film.

He's in the film.

And the baseball pants was everyone had to buy blue jeans.

So everybody wore blue jeans and they got them a team uniform, right? Well, Benny the

Jet style.

Benny the Jet.

Roll up the cuffs.

Yeah, this guy was the big...

That's my point.

He's also said it's either about his martial arts teacher, who's called Benny the Jet...

Or like Elton John's song.

Yeah.