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Lashana Lynch is no stranger to action films \u2013 having featured in both Captain Marvel and No Time to Die \u2013 but the star has revealed that the training she underwent for new film The Woman King<\/a> was a major step up.<\/p>\n Lynch plays Agojie warrior Igozie in the historical epic, which is released in UK cinemas today (Tuesday 4th October 2022), and speaking exclusively to RadioTimes.com<\/a> she outlined the gruelling process she went through in preparation for the role.<\/p>\n \u201c[It was] completely different,\u201d she said when asked how it compared to her work on Bond. \u201cI thought I was prepped, having had a little bit of experience. The training team and the stunt team on No Time to Die were absolutely impeccable and I was in there most days just chilling because I just loved it so much \u2013 but it\u2019s modern training.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is different \u2013 I\u2019m barefoot outside in the elements, martial arts, machetes that are very weighty, using parts of your body and your wrist that you didn\u2019t really know existed.<\/p>\n \u201cThis was completely 100% our stunts,\u201d she added. \u201cWe collaborated with Danny Hernandez, the head of the stunt department, to make sure our characters were choreographed to us, the stunt work is very much a reflection of where every character is at different parts of the film, different parts of their lives.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd it incorporates how they have such rich pasts that they\u2019re able to inject it into their bodies and actually tell a story through their physical work. So yes, doing all your stunts 100% was completely different to anything I\u2019ve ever done and trained for!\u201d<\/p>\n