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Kate Beckinsale graces the July/August cover of Women’s Health (on newsstands June 26) and opens up about kicking Jessica Biel’s butt in her upcoming action film, Total Recall (in theaters August 3), and transforming her body by trading her intense gym workouts for a yoga-based routine.
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Kate Beckinsale
Kate on her fight scene with Jessica Biel in her upcoming film Total Recall…
“It’s not like a naked, porno, mud-wrestling-in-a-bar sort of fight—it’s a real fight.”
Kate on the differences between fighting a man and a woman…
“I did find that fighting a woman was very different from when I’ve fought men. There was a lot of ‘I didn’t hurt you, did I? Ooh, I’m sorry about that! No, it was my fault!’”
Kate on not knowing how to run when starting to film 2003’s Underworld…
“I could run if a bear were chasing me, but I ran like a girl with my arms like this [flails arms]. The day they asked me to try a few punches, it was dismal. All I could see what despair in the stunt coordinator’s face.”
Kate on switching from intense gym workouts to yoga-based routines…
“I’d gotten particularly sick of being photographed outside a gym doing a squat with a medicine ball.”
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Kate on being famous for her ability to kick butt on screen…
“It’s slightly strange being predominantly known for something that’s not necessarily my sensibility, but I’ve never had a plan.”
Kate on recalling her first experience at a gym with her trainer, who had once beenArnoldSchwarzengger’s workout partner…
“It was a full-on boys’ gym: ‘How much can you press? Go harder!’ That kind of thing. They use to have a garbage can between the machines so people could throw up into it and then continue working out. That just seems far too gruesome. I didn’t want to be in shape that much.”
Kate on admitting that growing up, she avoided gym class whenever possible…
“I wasn’t particularly athletic. No one ever thought, ‘I must have Kate on my team.’”
Kate on explaining that she never went to the gym when she was younger…
“To me, you only went to the gym if you were really weird and obsessive. No one I knew inLondon at the time ever did it.”
Kate on the progression of her life and career…
“It all just unfolds and I think, Well, that’s who I am now.”
