Oddly enough, John Wick directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch
did stunt work on Captain America: Civil War.
The stint was the beginning of a decades - long Hollywood career, over the course of which
he did stunt work for many a cowboy star and swashbuckler.
Even when
they do their stunt work, I'm there.
When it was first announced that Castle would once again play Michael Myers 40 years after he originated the role in John Carpenter's 1978 Halloween, it was announced that Courtney was also cast in the role, and many might have assumed that Courtney was only
doing the stunt work.
Wayne, born Marion Morrison, had already worked as a prop man,
done stunt work and starred in a number of lower budget films when director John Ford decided to cast him in the role of Ringo Kid.
Her latest role is limited to one flashback scene and she doesn't
do any stunt work for Leigh.
David Leitch & Chad Stahelski — «John Wick» You got ta hand it to these first - time directors — who both cut their teeth for decades
doing stunt work, the occasional acting gig, shooting second unit and a host of other production duties — because they seized their opportunity.
Atomic Blond doesn't feel alive until the centerpiece action scene near the finally which is comprised of one impressive long take that goes from room to room and has Theron
doing stunt work that should earn this movie a SAG ensemble in the stunt department.
Not exact matches
We don't know what LaVar Ball and Big Baller Brand have up their sleeves with their latest
stunt, but everything the Balls have
done has
worked so far.
«Our competitive teams
work on difficult and skilled routines, consisting of tumbling,
stunting, dance and jumps all
done in a 2:30 minute routine.
Maybe its wishful thinking, but I see totally different Nick now, he is trying, he maybe don't
do as good as Olivier, but he is
working, trying to take part in actions, not just being
stunt in box waiting ball to try to score.
«The charities involved in this
stunt — Teenage Cancer Trust, Sports Aid, Children with Cancer and United through Sport —
do some truly amazing
work and I wanted
do something more to give back.
Like, [Law & Order: SVU co-star] Chris Meloni is a super-stud and
works out every day, but we were talking about how we used to
do our own
stunts.
Since Keith is THE name behind King BMX
Stunt Show (and The American BMX
Stunt Team) and since Dani, his better half and my bestie
works by his side in the business, they had the perfect vision for what they wanted to
do for their pregnancy announcement photos.
The film looks fine with fair costume, location and
stunts but the plot is so average and with a mixed cast of good and bad actors it just doesn't
work, how Andie MacDowell gets
work in films is beyond me.
The body movement of the characters in wolf mode is also impressively
done with live action
stunts and wire
work I'm guessing, didn't look like CGI.
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do to catch up with Netflix and Hulu but they're diving into the sci - fi genre big time
Stetcu also revealed that
working with the
stunt team on «Absolution» was beneficial for her, because everything they suggested she
do to prepare for her action sequences, including how to get properly slapped by her co-stars,
worked.
Granted, James Bond films are all about formula, but it's hard to get
worked up over by - the - numbers ski
stunts when, contrary to the famous line, somebody has
done it better — Bond himself, in fact, in the film from which that song came, The Spy Who Loved Me.
It should have
worked, and it almost
does, but Black buries his characters in a sputtering, chaotic story, seeming to realize only sporadically that we aren't watching this film for the plot and the
stunts... but for the byplay between the two main characters.
And while you can almost see the checklist that he's
working from, dutifully crossing off items like «insane set - piece
stunt that Cruise
does himself», «tense infiltration hinging on a disguise powered by spotty tech» and «lovely, leggy woman in a tight evening gown», the result never quite gels the way it
did in the previous films.
Darrin Prescott and Wade Allen, who
did second unit
work and
stunt coordination for John Wick and the Matrix movies, will tag team their directorial debut.
Arriving in Paris from Hong Kong at the beginning of Irma Vep, she's taken directly to Vidal, who shows her the clip from The Heroic Trio (1993) that won him over, expressing admiration for the grace of her
stunt work; when she points out that her
stunt work was
done by a double, the admission makes no dent in his enthusiasm.
A majority of the role was performed via motion capture by
stunt performer Andre Tricoteux; it wasn't until mid-December that Kapicic was cast, though he
did manage to complete some minor physical
work for the film.
«
Stunt people who don't necessarily drive cars and jump out of buildings and things like that, they have a lot of
work here.»
While most of her
work has been as a
stunt double — most prominently in Kill Bill and Inglourious Basterds — , Tarantino
did write Death Proof as a showcase of Bell's talents.
For example,
working on «Ghost,» we have Guy Norris
doing the
stunt choreography, who
did all the stuff for «Mad Max: Fury Road.»
It
does justice to the nutty
stunt work, while its soundtrack consists of greatest hits from Hong Kong cinema's 1980s and 1990s heyday.
Aussie filmmaker Nash Edgerton has
done pretty much everything in the medium of film, from writing, directing, acting, producing, editing and even
stunt work in the likes of THE MATRIX and STAR WARS prequel trilogies.
Stunt performer and actress Rochelle Okoye
worked on X-MEN: APOCALYPSE in dual roles,
doing stunts for Alexandra Shipp's Storm and
With earbuds connected to an iPod, Baby calmly waits for more menacing colleagues to
do the dirty
work and then he navigates the escape with the precision of a veteran
stunt driver, evading cop cars, dodging spike strips, switching directions, and confusing helicopters in pursuit.
Bell
does some unbelievable
stunt work clinging to the hood of the car, and Thoms
does some unbelievable payback attitude during and afterwards.
Scott, who's coordinated but also
done stunts himself on films like American Beauty and The Shawshank Redemption, got the Community job after running into former collaborators — Community director Adam Davidson and first assistant director Bob Roe — while
working on the Paramount studio lot.
At the film's Los Angeles press day, Woodley talked about how Jennifer Lawrence encouraged her to take the role, what she shares in common with her character and how they differ, what inspired her to take a course in urban survival skills, what the experience was like
doing many of her own
stunts, her most memorable sweaty palm moments, zip - lining over the streets of Chicago and climbing the Navy Pier Ferris Wheel, her challenging fight sequence finale with Theo James,
working again with Miles Teller, and what she learned about herself in the process of making her first large scale studio movie.
That's the biggest battle or debate with me in
working with a studio, and DreamWorks was really supportive on this — being able to cast the people that are really going to be able to
do the material as opposed to
stunt - casting certain large actors for financing or whatever.
Carrey's in his own movie,
doing stand - alone
stunts that never
work up a head of steam.
From the fun, «24» - esque «stop the terrorist attack» plot to the film's impressively choreographed
stunt sequences, not to mention some damn fine actors (even if some of them are severely underutilised and don't have much to
work with), «Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit» is an enjoyable and likeable jaunt.
That leads me into my next question - considering the love of CGI / special effects in this business, where
does that leave more practical forms of
stunt work?
She spent months
doing rigorous physical training for the complex
stunt work, focusing on jujitsu and capoeira, and even injured herself during shooting.
Evangeline alleges that a
stunt coordinator
working on a Lost episode didn't take kindly to her wanting to perform her own
stunt, so he rejected her request to wear a protective fabric on her arms while shooting the scene.
When I hear people say things like they don't want to know how something is made speaking of a certain special effects shot or
stunt work, they just don't want to know because for them it ruins the mystery.
I like to be able to
do as much of the
stunt work as possible.
Gerry was
working five different jobs at once and
doing his
stunts, but everyone had such a commitment to the characters.
Of course, such an experimental, for lack of a better term, «
stunt» would not
work if the audience
does not care for any of the characters.
But the supernatural element of the storyline means the introduction of computer - generated images for some of the fighting sequences — a first for Chan, who is renowned for
doing his own
stunt work (see http://jc-news.net/news.php?id=70).
While it is hard not to admire the fact Chan
does all his own
stunt work, it is almost equally difficult to endure Chris Tucker's obnoxious character.
The Death and Life of Bobby Z is one of those borderline calls, as it
does work much better as a standard action movie, with some nifty
stunts and exciting hand - to - hand fighting, beefed up though the casting of UFC pros like Chuck Liddell and Tim «The Maine - iac» Sylvia.
She was in a harness and she
worked with a
stunt coordinator who helped her figure out how to
do it safely and it really came together.»
Spy could not have been produced without some
stunt work,
done here by Stacey Howell - Brown and Luci Romberg for Melissa McCarthy, Jace Jeanes for Jason Statham, Balazs Lengvel for Jude Law, Gyula Toth for Bobby Cannavale and Alicia Vela - Bailey for Rose Byrne.