LOS ANGELES, June 5 (UPI) -- Ana de Armas says her action scenes in Ballerina, in theaters Friday, were customized for her abilities. De Armas plays Eve, a trainee at the Ruska Roma ballet assassin school that first appeared in the John Wick films.
In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, de Armas, 37, described training with the 87eleven action team. The 87eleven stunt coordinators designed Ballerina scenes based on her progress.
"We had plenty of time to let me go through the process of first getting stronger, getting an idea of what combat and fighting was," de Armas said. "Just as I was getting better and better, [they'd] just start building the scenes around my strengths and best things I could do."
De Armas said she is surprised she has become an action hero, starring in the James Bond film No Time to Die, The Grey Man, Ghosted and now Ballerina.
"I never thought I was going to do action," she said. "I didn't think I was athletic enough or strong enough."
