Comments Hurd, “We have a character without super powers, and without super powers you need to be able to use conventional techniques in order to conquer your enemies. As filmmakers, we embraced that same philosophy. We wanted to use conventional techniques. There’s no moment in this film where you’ll sit back and say, ‘Oh, well, that’s a CGI shot. Isn’t that an amazing CGI shot?’ Instead you will absolutely believe in what you see.”
In fact, there is good reason to believe what you see – Tom Jane performs 90% of his own stunts in the film. “Tom wanted to fully portray his role in the film, and that extended to performing almost all of his own stunts. Generally, as a producer, it's the last thing you want to hear,” Hurd acknowledges. “As a moviegoer, on the other hand, it gives the film incredible authenticity, because even in the stunts you’re seeing the man who has created the character of Frank Castle.”
In order to do that, Jane not only had to get in peak physical shape – he had to learn everything the Punisher would conceivably know about fighting.
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