Uncharted actress Tati Gabrielle has recalled giving Tom Holland a bit of a beating on set.
She portrays Nathan Drake and Sully's nemesis Jo Braddock in the action movie, and during a recent conversation with ComicBook, Gabrielle admitted that she was encouraged to deal out black belt karate moves whenever necessary – going so far as to accidentally kick Holland for real.
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"I mean, it was not my intention to... Like, so here's the thing, because I have a martial arts background, I was always taught, you know, either control – not touching or hitting at all – or like you gotta hit them," she explained.
"And so, stunt fighting, it was a hard thing for me, with my muscle memory, to work out, like, 'No, just graze him. Just like tap him a little bit. You don't have to kick him.' And I feel so bad. He's such a sweetheart 'cause he took it like a champ.
"But, yeah, I was not trying to beat up Spider-Man. Please, those who love Spider-Man don't hate me!"
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Endearing herself to director Ruben Fleischer, Gabrielle has since been described by the man behind Zombieland and Venom as "such a cool actress".
"I will be honest, I wasn't familiar with her prior to starting to look for someone who could play that role. And she auditioned, and I was completely blown away by her screen presence.
"She's surprisingly young, but she has a maturity that I think is just really impressive," he noted. "She also, having spoken to her, you can attest that she's like this giggly, high-pitched voice kind of girly girl, which is anything but the character that she plays in this movie. So, it's a testament to her talent and the character that she created that she was able to transform herself to become Braddock."
Uncharted is out now in cinemas.
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