'The Protege' sneak peek: See Michael Keaton back in action

Take a look behind the scenes of 'The Protege'

Video Transcript

MICHAEL KEATON: I haven't done a ton of movies like this. I mean, I was lucky to do well over half my stunts in there, which is always fun. Because when you're a little kid, this is what you want to do.

- Good. Over there. Elbow, push. Nice.

[GRUNT]

Pull it. And quick moves. Nice. Twice, it's more than enough.

MICHAEL KEATON: But there was just stuff that there are stunt doubles who are just better than I am at doing it. And I'd be a fool not to let them shoot some of those shots better than I can.

[CRASHING, GRUNTING]

- You can see the [INAUDIBLE]. He's very good. And you know, he's not-- to be honest, he'd be the first to admit he's not as good as Maggie. Because Maggie is-- that's what she's brilliant at.

[GRUNTING]

[SMACKS]

- Ah!

- But he really went for it.

- Three, two, one, action.

- We work very, very hard and we were just very careful to make sure that we have the cuts, as it were. The angles were short in terms of when we filmed it. So when we put it together, of course, it will-- we want to have the maximum amount of energy.