Halle Berry is keen to push her physique to the boundaries for her craft.

The actress sat down with The Union costar Mark Wahlberg for an interview surrounding their new Netflix movie, the place they listed off the bodily illnesses they’ve endured on the units of motion motion pictures.

Berry, 57, started by sharing that for work through the years, she realized Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Muay Thai, kickboxing, taekwondo and easy methods to shoot, in addition to capoeira particularly for 2004’s Catwoman.

After Wahlberg, 53, lamented having to be taught to crochet and to bop ballet and the tango (the latter of which he dubbed “the worst”), Berry added, “I have been knocked out 3 times.”

The Academy Award winner went on to recall that she has damaged an arm, 5 ribs (two whereas filming her 2021 directorial debut Bruised and three on 2019’s John Wick: Chapter 3), her tailbone, two toes and one in all her center fingers.

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For his half, Wahlberg stated he has suffered a torn meniscus and a separated shoulder, joking that he has additionally had his “ego bruised fairly a couple of occasions.”

Moreover, Berry stated that she skilled to carry her breath for practically two and a half minutes for her 2012 movie Darkish Tide, which “felt like eternity.”

As for her time as Storm within the X-Males movies, being suspended within the air for the superhero position additionally offered its personal set of challenges.

“It felt just like the man had gone to lunch. That is how lengthy I used to be up there,” Berry stated. “I used to be like, ‘Hiya? Hiya, anyone?’ ”

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Directed by Julian Farino, The Union stars Wahlberg as Mike, a person having fun with a “easy life as a building employee in his native New Jersey,” a synopsis describes.

However when Mike’s “long-lost highschool sweetheart” Roxanne, performed by Berry, resurfaces in his life 25 years later, his ex-girlfriend has a high-stakes job and “extra on her thoughts than romance.”

About working with Berry on the movie, Wahlberg instructed Leisure Weekly, “I’ve all the time been an enormous fan of her and an admirer of her work.”

“Doing something with Halle may be very straightforward but in addition an absolute pleasure. Just about any man or gal would do something to win her over, so it was definitely straightforward when it got here to me mainly following her like a pet,” he added.

The Union is streaming Friday, Aug. 16, on Netflix.