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"Kevin James has joked that his new film Here Comes the Boom was both tortuous and &amp;quot;a dream come true&amp;quot;. James stars in Here Comes the Boom as a teacher who starts mixed-martial arts in order to save his school&amp;#039;s music program. &amp;quot;It was a dream come true because I was fulfilling the dream of doing this and showing something different. It&amp;#039;s not Paul Blart or goofy,&amp;quot; he told Parade of the film. James added: &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s funny but I wanted it to be real. We trained really hard, I changed my diet.  &amp;quot;I got professional trainers and fighters to work with me. It was gruelling but it was worth it.&amp;quot; James further explained that Here Comes the Boom was a deeply personal project for him because of his real-life support for school music programs.      &amp;quot;I never played a musical instrument growing up but I knew kids who did and took it very seriously,&amp;quot; the actor commented. &amp;quot;So we added that in the movie: how music affects these kids and can be used as a study aid.  &amp;quot;Music affects us all. We hear a song and it can take us back... These fighters... use it for inspiration or intimidation.&amp;quot; Here Comes the Boom - which also stars Salma Hayek and Bas Rutten - is now playing in the US and opens in the UK on November 9. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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