{"id":13857,"date":"2025-04-03T07:58:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T00:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=13857"},"modified":"2025-04-03T07:58:19","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T00:58:19","slug":"how-arianna-rivas-worked-up-her-action-skills-for-a-working-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=13857","title":{"rendered":"How Arianna Rivas Worked Up Her Action Skills for \u2018A Working Man\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>For most action-movie fans, the notion of being cast in a film that is written by Sylvester Stallone and stars Jason Statham is one of those amazing daydreams that will never come true. For Arianna Rivas, however, things got very real last year when she was cast in <em>A Working Man<\/em>\u2014in cinemas now. And, as the 23-year-old tells <em>M&amp;F<\/em>, this gigantic gig meant throwing herself headfirst into an exciting world of stunts and action that has changed her life forever.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arianna.rivas\/\">Arianna Rivas,<\/a> who has appeared in movies like <em>Prom Dates<\/em> and <em>The Harvest<\/em> says she was understandably \u201creally excited to see Sylvester Stallone pop in my email.\u201d <em>A Working Man<\/em> is based on the 2014 novel<em> Levon\u2019s Trade,<\/em> by Chuck Dixon, and was re-written and adapted for the screen by Sly and the film\u2019s director, David Ayer.<\/p>\n<p>The plot sees Rivas\u2019 character, Jenny Garcia, kidnapped by human traffickers while Jason Statham, who plays ex-Royal Marine Commando turned construction worker, Levon Trade, attempts to rescue her. Rivas, who was born in Nebraska but was raised in central California explains that she was cast after three rounds of auditioning and shares that being booked was \u201ca pinch me moment.\u201d Still, the fun would soon turn to hard work, requiring the most epic performance of her career so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReading the character, not only is she a black belt in Karate, but she\u2019s also just an overall overachiever. She played piano, she was a dancer. So, the preparation was getting all of those skills, learning how to play Moonlight Sonata with handcuffs on and learning how to dance and how to look like a black belt in Karate.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>\n<figure class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:55.36519386835%;\" class=\"ratio-based-placeholder\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Arianas-Rivas-practicing-karate-and-martial-arts-in-preparation-for-her-role-in-A-Working-Man-movie.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" alt=\"Arianas Rivas practicing karate and martial arts in preparation for her role in A Working Man movie\" width=\"1109\" height=\"614\" data-fallback-img=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Arianas-Rivas-practicing-karate-and-martial-arts-in-preparation-for-her-role-in-A-Working-Man-movie.jpg?quality=86&amp;strip=all\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"credit\">Arianas Rivas\/Instagram<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/h2>\n<h2>Arianna Rivas <b>Became a<\/b> Warrior for \u2018A Working Man\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>With such great movie minds associated with <em>A Working Man,<\/em> Rivas was more than happy to throw herself into the project head-first. She was flown to London where she undertook a month of the most intense training of her life before the camera\u2019s began to roll. Rivas\u2019 Karate training began under Alex Erickson of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jamovement\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jam Movements<\/a>, a combat studio in Los Angeles that also teaches stunts.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, Rivas was able to draw on her experience with dance and gymnastics to help find the movements that her mentors wanted to see. \u201cMy muscle memory comes relatively naturally,\u201d she explains. \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/athletes-celebrities\/pro-tips\/step-by-step-how-to-throw-a-knockout-punch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">But when it came to throwing a punch<\/a>, I throw a punch like a cheerleader or a dancer\u2014very tight and firm\u2014and they said, \u2018No, you got to loosen up a little bit. It has to come from your core.\u2019 So, navigating those subtle differences, it still helped a lot to know some dance, because when it came to the fight choreographies, you step here, you punch, you duck, and so we worked about a month on that, and I learned two pretty strenuous fight scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rivas would reflect on the footage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/athletes-celebrities\/pro-tips\/bobby-holland-hanton-plyometric-workout\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">her work during the previsualization stage<\/a>, collaborating with David Ayer to do some \u201cself-diagnosis,\u201d on how things were progressing. \u201cAnd say, \u2018Hey, I think I really want to look stronger with my punches and really sell the facial expressions\u2019, because that was a whole thing, too. We got to really explore and have fun with that, and all the different aspects of making combat look good on screen.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Arianna Rivas Learned That Action Scenes Rely On Audio, Too<\/h2>\n<p>Arianna Rivas also learned that great action scenes aren\u2019t just about how they look, but how they sounds is critical too. \u201cAnd so that was where the acting came into play,\u201d she explains. \u201cWhere it\u2019s like, OK, you have the fight choreography, but you\u2019re not making enough grunts. You\u2019re not making enough noises. So, having to also sell that was something that Jason [Statham] is obviously really good at, where he knew what kind of noises would come with different movements, and when you get hit in a certain spot, you\u2019d make a certain noise. Voice mixed in with movement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rivas became immersed in the audiology of fight scenes. \u201cIf she\u2019s angry, she\u2019s going to scream from her head, and if she\u2019s terrified, she\u2019s going to breathe and that was an aspect, too, where I had these scenes where I\u2019m running for my life.\u201d In order to get her body into a heightened state for those types of scenes, Rivas shares that she would break out some jumping jacks, and throw her arms up and down between takes, \u201cjust to get my body kind of in the zone of fight or flight and getting my heart rate up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, behind the audio and visual presentation, there was no escaping the serious physical demands of the movie. \u201cI actually injured myself in the first month, where I messed up my hip joint,\u201d shares Rivas. \u201cSo, I had to also go to a chiropractor and kind of fix that before I got back into it. Then there was some maintenance, rest and recovery, and meditation \u2014 keeping the mind and the body healthy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Of course, when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/entertainment\/jason-stathams-a-working-man-trailer-release-date-and-more\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leading man Jason Statham<\/a> is working in the same stunt room, there is every motivation to plough on. \u201cWe\u2019d sometimes work at the same time, so I would go and peek and see what he was doing,\u201d recalls Rivas. \u201cSometimes he was training and working on a fight scene, but sometimes they did have a gym where he would just be exercising, working out. I know Noemi (Gonzales) who plays my mom in the film, she would see him doing squats outside of his trailer because he was so dedicated to just being fit and looking strong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Statham set a great example on set, says Rivas, explaining that he was very hands-on when it came to helping develop the flow of the action. \u201cIt was just evident to me that he was truly a vet, and that he\u2019s been doing this for so long, because he has so much knowledge, and he knows what looks good and how he throws a punch\u2026 where his energy comes from. Everything was just so fine-tuned with him. So, I learned a ton watching Jason.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So, with the movie wrapped and enthralling action fans in theaters now, would Rivas return to similar projects? \u201cOh, I enjoyed every second of that film,\u201d she beams. \u201cI learned a tremendous amount, and I just got to push my boundaries and see how far I can go. How strong can I get? And, that feeling of exercising so hard and feeling so strong in your body. I think, for me, A Working Man brought out a level of confidence that I would like to think I can carry with me afterwards, and it opened my eyes.. I like kicking butt!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Out now,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zTbgNC42Ops\"> A Working Man<\/a> has proven to be a huge hit, reaching No. 1 at the box office.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/arianna.rivas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">To follow Arianna Rivas on Instagram, click here.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/athletes-celebrities\/interviews\/how-arianna-rivas-worked-up-her-action-skills-for-a-working-man\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For most action-movie fans, the notion of being cast in a film that is written by Sylvester Stallone and stars Jason Statham is one of those amazing daydreams that will never come true. 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