Rogue One's Donnie Yen Pulls Off the Bottle Cap Challenge While Blindfolded: 'Feeling the Force'

Donnie Yen has mastered the Force — and the #bottlecapchallenge.

Yen, 55, shared a video of himself on Instagram on Wednesday in which he showed off his impressive martial arts skills by popping off a bottle cap while blindfolded.

Yen portrayed Chirrut Îmwe in 2016’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. His character was a blind warrior who believed all things were connected through the Force and was known for repeating the mantra, “I’m one with the Force; the Force is with me.”

“Chirrut feeling the force + Ip man’s steady aim + no plastic bottle = the universe strongest ,” Yen wrote in the caption of the video. “#bottlecapchallenge @sweetcil#donnieyen #甄子丹 #宇宙最強 #ipman#action #宇宙最強甄子丹 #chirrutimwe #starwars #rogueone #noplasticbottle #torontoraptors #nbachampions #raptors #bulletfilms #superbulletpictures @bulletfilmsofficial @superbulletpictures.”

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Chirrut feeling the force + Ip man’s steady aim + no plastic bottle = the universe strongest #bottlecapchallenge @sweetcil #donnieyen #甄子丹 #宇宙最強 #ipman #action #宇宙最強甄子丹 #chirrutimwe #starwars #rogueone #noplasticbottle #torontoraptors #nbachampions #raptors #bulletfilms #superbulletpictures @bulletfilmsofficial @superbulletpictures

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Performing the challenge blind was nothing new to Yen, who wore contacts on Rogue One that made it almost impossible to see while filming. “That was difficult, a lot more difficult than I expected,” he told PEOPLE in December 2016.

“How do you find the confidence  the character’s performance when you’re losing the security of being personal? And how do you interact with other actors?” he added.

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Despite the discomfort the contacts caused — he was forced to take them off every 3 hours — he said he didn’t mind.

“Let’s just put it this way, after 30 years of acting, I never expected to be in Star Wars, and here I am,” Yen told PEOPLE.

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Yen isn’t the only actor who has participated in the #bottlecapchallenge.

Jason Statham, John Mayer and Diplo have all accepted challenges from mixed martial artists such as Max Holloway. Singer Ellie Goulding also joined in on the fun posting a video of herself on Twitter with the caption, “Suck it.”

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