The roads are filled with armed robbers, and murders for mere plunder are of daily occurrence.
I got into shape because I took kick-boxing lessons every day to prepare for a fight scene with Taylor Lautner. I really wanted to lie down and eat Chinese food, but I kick-boxed every morning and ran. If someone was filming you with your kit off, you'd do the same thing.
A film director has to get a shot, no matter what he does. We're desperate people.