terry called me up, he goes i think you got the wrong guy. i said no, he could do it, man, give him a chance. i knew nothing about boxing when i started. reporter: the role in southpaw was written for and inspired by hip-hop artist eminem, who went on to executive produce the soundtrack leaving jake to step into the ring. i think he broke up with his girlfriend. his whole personal life went to crack. he was with us every day. reporter: 2,000 sit-ups every day piled on 15 pounds of muscle. no extras, no doubles, no stand-ins. i m going to take care of this. he did a great job. reporter: listen we all know jake can act. night crawler, brokeback mountain, johnny darko. you can have a great actor but if the boxing looks bad in a boxing movie, then your boxing movie s not going to be any good. reporter: like jake, i know nothing about boxing. he did this every day twice a day for hours and ran eight miles in between. beautiful counterpunch. reporter: i don t know
champion surfer mick fanning says he is totally fine after fighting off a shark during a competition in south africa. after getting smacked around a bit and after hitting back to the shark also, fanning swam for his life, was picked up by rescuers. those are some of our top stories on this monday, july 20th. announcer: from abc news this is world news now with t.j. holmes and reena ninan. well good morning, everyone. we begin this half hour with the extreme weather in much of the country. heavy rain in southern california caused flooding and mudslides, washed away an interstate highway bridge near the arizona border and caused rare rainout baseball games. it was the first rainout for the los angeles for the angels in 20 years. the anaheim angels out there. but this wasn t the only area hit hard this weekend. we get more from abc s rob marciano. reporter: a wild weekend of deadly weather across the country. in the southwest, leftovers from hurricane dolores causing
tavis: pleased to welcome mickey rourke back to this program following his oscar nominated role in the wrestler. the actor continues his run in films like iron man 2 and immortals opens this weekend and a scene from immortals. does he know of my rage? does he know that i only live to see his blood at the end of my sword? does he know he butchered my mother? he s he s seen your face. he knows. tavis: we stop that scene just before it got cronk. and about to be popping on at that scene in just a second which leads me to start this conversation by asking when are you going to stop playing these physical roles? you re not getting they younger, dude. i m no spring chicken. tavis: you aren t getting they younger. this one really wasn t that physical. tavis: yeah. we had some a nice fight scene and i won t say when it comes in but we actually did the fight scene. and it was choreographed and then they go to the middle of nowhere and test movies. and what they sai
tavis: pleased to welcome mickey rourke back to this program following his oscar nominated role in the wrestler. the actor continues his run in films like iron man 2 and immortals opens this weekend and a scene from immortals. does he know of my rage? does he know that i only live to see his blood at the end of my sword? does he know he butchered my mother? he s he s seen your face. he knows. tavis: we stop that scene just before it got cronk. and about to be popping on at that scene in just a second which leads me to start this conversation by asking when are you going to stop playing these physical roles? you re not getting they younger, dude. i m no spring chicken. tavis: you aren t getting they younger. this one really wasn t that physical. tavis: yeah. we had some a nice fight scene and i won t say when it comes in but we actually did the fight scene. and it was choreographed and then they go to the middle of nowhere and test movies. and what they sai
tavis: pleased to welcome mickey rourke back to this program following his oscar nominated role in the wrestler. the actor continues his run in films like iron man 2 and immortals opens this weekend and a scene from immortals. does he know of my rage? does he know that i only live to see his blood at the end of my sword? does he know he butchered my mother? he s he s seen your face. he knows. tavis: we stop that scene just before it got cronk. and about to be popping on at that scene in just a second which leads me to start this conversation by asking when are you going to stop playing these physical roles? you re not getting they younger, dude. i m no spring chicken. tavis: you aren t getting they younger. this one really wasn t that physical. tavis: yeah. we had some a nice fight scene and i won t say when it comes in but we actually did the fight scene. and it was choreographed and then they go to the middle of nowhere and test movies. and what they sai