United Kingdom, July 20 -- Uma Thurman has opened up about the intense physical preparation she underwent for the Kill Bill movies.

The 55-year-old actress, renowned for her iconic role as The Bride in Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill Vol 1 and Vol 2, discussed her martial arts training during an interview about her new project, The Old Guard 2.

Revealing her return to action films this year came without time for full training, Uma told The Sunday Times: "Fortunately I had put in hundreds of hours learning how to hold a sword (for Kill Bill 1 and 2)," she said.

In her new action film, a sequel to the 2020 Netflix action hit, Uma plays Discord, a 5,000-year-old immortal warrior who engages in an epic sword fight opposite Charlize Theron's ...