ARUN VIJAY TRAINS WITH TONY JAA'S VILLAIN

As mentioned, the actor is undergoing martial arts training in order to get into the skin of his character. And guess who the actor's trainer is. It is none other than popular actor Johnny Tri-Nguyen, who had played one of the antagonists in films like Tony Jaa's Tom Yum Goong and in Jet Li-starrer Cradle 2 the grave. The actor posted about this news in his official Twitter account:

With the Master himself! #liênphong #MixedMartialArts #Vietnam #7amArivu #johnnytrínguyễn pic.twitter.com/QWVLTxgH7F

— ArunVijay (@arunvijayno1) May 21, 2019

Johnny Tri-Nguyen had also made his Tamil debut with the A.R Murugadoss-directed historical fiction film 7am Arivu which had Suriya and Shruti Haasan playing the lead roles. His character in the film, Dong Lee, was very well received by audiences and the martial artist had went on to star in films like the Atharvaa-starrer Irumbu Kuthirai.