If so,The Novice and lead actor Isabelle Fuhrman might blow you out of the water.
a rowing machine)and sculls (competitive rowing boats).
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“I love transforming into the characters I play,” says Fuhrman.
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Pushing Her Physical Limits
This role, however, required physical transformation, as well.
Fuhrman only had six weeks to train before production began, which she said “was especially difficult.”
“I was so incredibly sore,” says Fuhrman.
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“I hadepsom salt bathsevery single day, but it didn’t feel like they did much.”
(Spoiler alert: She made it happen.)
When she wasn’t rowing or lifting, she waspracticing yin yogaon her own to maintain loose muscles.
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(See:How Much Exercise Is Too Much?)
It’s a fine line, but it’s doable.
“It was a full-time job on top of the full time job of being in the movie.”
“In this case, the movie ended filming and that was it.”
All her training resulted in her ability to relay a grit-bearing performance on the water.
I would totally do it all again," she says.
