{"id":14855,"date":"2025-08-08T22:59:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14855"},"modified":"2025-08-08T22:59:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T15:59:06","slug":"from-ufc-knockouts-to-hollywood-thrills-keith-jardine-is-crushing-it-with-kill-me-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14855","title":{"rendered":"From UFC Knockouts to Hollywood Thrills, Keith Jardine Is Crushing It With &#8216;Kill Me Again&#8217;"},"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>Keith Jardine beat Forrest Griffin and Chuck Liddell in the UFC Octagon and now he\u2019s looking to stun cinema audiences with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/video\/detail\/amzn1.dv.gti.010dc60c-47d2-4afe-b353-cc3220029eea?ref_=imdbref_tt_ov_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv&amp;tag=imdbtag_tt_ov_wbr_ovf__pvt_aiv-20\"><em>Kill Me Again<\/em>,<\/a> his first full-feature directorial debut. But while he may be retired from MMA, the man they called \u201cThe Dean of Mean\u201d still uses the lessons he learned as an athlete to ace his movie career.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a fighter, unless you win, you learn how to fail: how to get off the mat and fight again, and acting is the same way,\u201d explains Jardine, who retired with a 17-11-0 record in MMA. \u201cI won more than I lost in fighting, and in acting, believe me, I\u2019ve failed way more than I\u2019ve succeeded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, in the ultra-competitive world of showbiz, Jardine has learned that he must bank on himself just as he did as an athlete. \u201cYou gotta get up off that mat after that failed audition. They didn\u2019t like you, whatever, you take it as a failure. You lost. You didn\u2019t get it. You\u2019re trying to pay your rent, and you didn\u2019t get that job, you know? If you don\u2019t get out of bed and make things happen, nothing\u2019s happening. So that fighter\u2019s mindset helped me a lot, and just the work ethic. I just put the hours in every day, regardless of how I\u2019m feeling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, things are definitely happening as a result of Jadine\u2019s warrior-like work ethic. His first forays on-screen included a role opposite Jason Statham in <em>Crank 2: High Voltage<\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keith_Jardine#Film_career\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">credits in <em>Breaking Bad<\/em> and <em>John Wick<\/em><\/a>. Now, he\u2019s building a solid reputation behind the camera, too. In 2023, Jardine won an independent Short Award for his crime story, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/independentshortsawards.com\/2023-annual-award-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">El Paso:1155<\/a>,<\/em> and now he\u2019s taking on his first full feature as a director.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kill Me Again<\/em> follows Charlie (played by Brendan Fehr), a serial killer who becomes trapped in his own nightmare. It\u2019s a psychological horror that has many twists and turns, and was also written by Jardine, who\u2019s love of stories from different genres influenced the plot. \u201cIt\u2019s The Batman\u2019s, the blockbusters, and all that action of the 80s,\u201d recalls the renaissance man.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was in high school in the early 90s and my friend made me watch <em>Clerks<\/em> (1994) One of the best movies I saw.\u201d Jardine tells M&amp;F that he also draws from movies like <em>The Big Lebowski.<\/em> \u201cI remember just laughing out loud throughout the theater,\u201d he recalls. Jardine also has a fond place for Dead Man, starring Johnny Depp, a movie he watched with his dad. \u201cThis relates to <em>Kill Me Again<\/em> a lot, because there\u2019s a lot of big twists at the end, and there\u2019s a lot of little Easter eggs in there,\u201d he teases.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kill Me Again | Trailer (HD)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zCXDXma-kfY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>How Keith Jardine stays fit for making films<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cEvery morning, I work out, eat my huge breakfast, and the rest of the day seems to fall in line after that,\u201d says the man who reached the semi-finals o<em>f <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Keith_Jardine#The_Ultimate_Fighter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Ultimate Fighter<\/em>, Season 2 back in 2005<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Jardine still sets his alarm for 5am and either hits the gym or takes his dogs out for a sprint. The huge breakfast that Jardine speaks of includes six eggs, along with tortillas. \u201cI try to start off good with really clean food,\u201d he says. \u201cI got these tortillas that are only plantain and baking soda basically as the ingredients. So, I like to make those and eat them with my eggs and some avocado. I don\u2019t really worry about the calories in the morning. I just try to try to feel good and then, depending on how intense my workout was, I\u2019ll have two more meals in the day. One big one, one small one, and I\u2019ll do my best not to snack\u2026 because I\u2019m a hell of a snacker!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jardine, who was also a personal trainer at one time, says that being fit isn\u2019t about having the perfect workout. \u201cJust go have fun,\u201d he encourages. \u201cJust go move some weight around and learn how to be make your body capable. It shouldn\u2019t be something you dread. If you go to the gym and you only touch the leg press machine, and do four sets and go home, that\u2019s a success!\u201d You can\u2019t take the fight out of this filmmaker, however. \u201cEvery day, I try to get to a point where I lose my breath,\u201d says Jardine. \u201cThat means I do max pull ups, or I sprint up a hill or I do some power cleans. You know, if I do that once a day, I feel I\u2019ve done a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keith Jardine\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt30332302\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kill Me Again<\/a> will be released in theaters and VOD platforms such as Prime Video and Apple TV+ on August 8.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/keithjardine205\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Follow him on Instagram, click here.<\/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\/news\/from-ufc-knockouts-to-hollywood-thrills-keith-jardine-is-crushing-it-with-kill-me-again\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keith Jardine beat Forrest Griffin and Chuck Liddell in the UFC Octagon and now he\u2019s looking to stun cinema audiences with Kill Me Again, his first full-feature directorial debut. 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