What is the difference in height and weight between McGregor and Gyllenhaal in ‘Road House’?

Jake Gyllenhaal has been acclaimed for his electrifying performance as UFC middleweight fighter Elwood Dalton in Doug Liman’s remake of the 1989 action film Road House. Dalton is an ex-UFC fighter, haunted by his past and down on his luck until he is offered a job as a bar doorman in the Florida Keys. Conor McGregor plays Knox, hired to hunt down and the two end up embroiled in a savage fistfight with one of them ending up in hospital.

McGregor confessed that Gyllenhaal was a pleasure to work with: “Jake is a consummate professional - 75 movies made. I’m blessed to have entered into the movie alongside him. He was patient with me, he gave me guidance. We had a good rapport on set, we have a good back and forth”. The American actor, meanwhile said of his co-star, “It was great fun, I mean, right from the beginning Conor said to me that he’s a white belt in making movies and acting, and I’m here to learn. That was the way it was the whole time. But at the opposite end, I’m the white belt in the fight game - in terms of fights and what they look like, how authentic it is. It was so important that the fight fans always felt like they were watching something original and something fun”.

Road House raked in over 50 million viewers on Prime Video during its first two weekends although some critics complained about the excessive use of CGI for the fight sequences.

Gyllenhaal and method acting

Gyllenhaal is known for his dramatic transformations in movie roles. For Nightcrawler, he reportedly ran 12 miles a day to get the leaned-out look of a coyote. For Southpaw, he worked out twice a day and gained 28 pounds of muscle to play the lead role of a boxer. With that in mind, it is interesting to explore the build and height difference between the two main movie protagonists.

Height and weight difference between McGregor and Gyllenhaal

McGregor, 35, renowned for his explosive fighting style and charismatic persona, stands 175 cm (5′9″) tall and weighs 66 kg (146 lbs). With a body fat percentage of 14.1% and a BMI of 21.6, McGregor maintains a physique that exudes strength and agility, earning him a “Sexy Index” of 7.5.

On the other side stands Gyllenhaal, 43, towering at 183 cm (6′0″) and weighing 77 kg (170 lbs). Gyllenhaal, known for his roles in various Hollywood blockbusters, maintains a body fat percentage of 15.2% and a BMI of 23, with a “Sexy Index” of 6.1. His physique epitomizes tall, healthy athleticism.

So there’s quite a difference between the two in terms of height and build. Gyllenhaal is much taller and leaner than his stocky co-star although both gave as good as they got during the brutal fight scenes in Road House, as the Irish fighter explained: “I landed one punch, and he hit me with a door! Other than that, it was absolutely perfect, amazing”.