I boxed through college and I played college level football. I was a linebacker.
I just think that, at the end of the day, you needed the catharsis of revelation.
If you give a scene enough room to breathe, actors will hopefully find those magical moments.
The world is a dangerous, unstable place and sometimes there are casualties and struggles for power.
Fights take a long time to shoot.
I grew up with a very quick temper, and the language of violence is a language that I'm very familiar and comfortable with.