EDGAR ramirez 

Before the cameras even started rolling on Hands of Stone (in theaters August 26), <a href=https://twitter.com/edgarramirez25?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor target=_blank>Edgar Ramirez</a> had a lot of work to do. The Venezuelan-born actor plays Panamanian boxing legend Roberto Duran, so not only was he tasked to learn the quirks and mannerisms of a real person, but he also had to become a <a href=/articles/2016/01/martial-arts-video>boxer.</a> “It was my first time boxing,” Ramirez says. “Everything was new to me.” When you watch the film, especially during the boxing scenes with Usher (who plays Sugar Ray Leonard; Robert De Niro rounds out the cast as Duran's trainer), you’ll see that Ramirez’s hard work paid off. Here, the actor talks about his life-changing <a href=/articles/2016/05/upscale-training-camps>training</a> process.

Q&A with Edgar Ramirez

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