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" Nick Nolte has credited his participation in the forthcoming boxing drama Warriors with allowing him to appreciate the &amp;quot;art&amp;quot; of fighting.  The actor, who was introduced to several Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) athletes in preparation for the role, revealed that he was initially skeptical about taking part in the Gavin O&amp;#039;Connor-directed project as he is not a fan of gratuitous violence.  Nolte recalled in an interview with WENN: &amp;quot;I told Gavin I loved the screenplay but I was concerned about the fighting because I hadn&amp;#039;t watched much of it. I&amp;#039;m not particularly fond of violence. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m 70 years old and I&amp;#039;m less angry! I don&amp;#039;t watch much boxing anymore. He said, &amp;#039;When you see it and get to know the guys behind it, you&amp;#039;ll see it&amp;#039;s not what it looks like.&amp;#039; Then it was a slow process of meeting those guys and watching them, meeting their parents and their girlfriends.&amp;quot; Nolte added: &amp;quot;Now I will watch mixed martial arts. It is very much an art, this type of fighting.&amp;quot; The star recently appeared in Arthur starring Russell Brand, and can currently be seen in the Kevin James comedy Zookeeper. Warriors is released on September 9 in the US and September 23 in the UK. Watch a trailer for Warriors below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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