David Bianculli

And so you do find a little bit of a meditative state and really just focusing on performance. That's how I do it. It's not unlike an athlete, you know, at the starting line, you really have to focus on the first step and then your body takes over. And I think you wait, you hear that cue action and you go.

See, Terry, I knew you were going to ask these hard questions. No, I think absolutely as a stunt performer, when you move into being a stunt coordinator, it's harder because you have your friends that are doing the stunts and you're designing them and you are responsible for their safety. And so... Yeah, it's harder to see how someone else do it than it is yourself, you know.

See, Terry, I knew you were going to ask these hard questions. No, I think absolutely as a stunt performer, when you move into being a stunt coordinator, it's harder because you have your friends that are doing the stunts and you're designing them and you are responsible for their safety. And so... Yeah, it's harder to see how someone else do it than it is yourself, you know.

See, Terry, I knew you were going to ask these hard questions. No, I think absolutely as a stunt performer, when you move into being a stunt coordinator, it's harder because you have your friends that are doing the stunts and you're designing them and you are responsible for their safety. And so... Yeah, it's harder to see how someone else do it than it is yourself, you know.

And especially with my experience of them doing them so long, it's easier for me to do it and feel comfortable than to watch somebody else sometimes. Your heart goes through your chest, so...

And especially with my experience of them doing them so long, it's easier for me to do it and feel comfortable than to watch somebody else sometimes. Your heart goes through your chest, so...

And especially with my experience of them doing them so long, it's easier for me to do it and feel comfortable than to watch somebody else sometimes. Your heart goes through your chest, so...

To be fair, he didn't necessarily bring it up when we were working on the script together. He had a crippling fear of heights.

To be fair, he didn't necessarily bring it up when we were working on the script together. He had a crippling fear of heights.

To be fair, he didn't necessarily bring it up when we were working on the script together. He had a crippling fear of heights.

I didn't know it until we were now having this negotiation about the first stunt and we had been designing it and rehearsing it. You know, that Kier Beck, that stunt rigger, we had actually simulated the high fall in a parking lot. We had a construction crane. We had built the same rig that we were going to be flying inside of that building. And we were rehearsing it at different heights.

I didn't know it until we were now having this negotiation about the first stunt and we had been designing it and rehearsing it. You know, that Kier Beck, that stunt rigger, we had actually simulated the high fall in a parking lot. We had a construction crane. We had built the same rig that we were going to be flying inside of that building. And we were rehearsing it at different heights.

I didn't know it until we were now having this negotiation about the first stunt and we had been designing it and rehearsing it. You know, that Kier Beck, that stunt rigger, we had actually simulated the high fall in a parking lot. We had a construction crane. We had built the same rig that we were going to be flying inside of that building. And we were rehearsing it at different heights.

And we had the winches that lower you at sort of free fall speed.

And we had the winches that lower you at sort of free fall speed.

And we had the winches that lower you at sort of free fall speed.

set up and I'm like oh we're going to bring Ryan out for rehearsal and it was that first day when we brought him out for rehearsal he sort of confides in me he's like you know I have a crippling fear of heights and I'm like now you're telling me yeah now okay and he's like I'm sure there's a green screen version of this right there's absolutely and I'm like there is but why don't we just take you up 10 feet and then 20 feet and then you can kind of feel how the rig works and and sort of

set up and I'm like oh we're going to bring Ryan out for rehearsal and it was that first day when we brought him out for rehearsal he sort of confides in me he's like you know I have a crippling fear of heights and I'm like now you're telling me yeah now okay and he's like I'm sure there's a green screen version of this right there's absolutely and I'm like there is but why don't we just take you up 10 feet and then 20 feet and then you can kind of feel how the rig works and and sort of

set up and I'm like oh we're going to bring Ryan out for rehearsal and it was that first day when we brought him out for rehearsal he sort of confides in me he's like you know I have a crippling fear of heights and I'm like now you're telling me yeah now okay and he's like I'm sure there's a green screen version of this right there's absolutely and I'm like there is but why don't we just take you up 10 feet and then 20 feet and then you can kind of feel how the rig works and and sort of

you know build the trust in the system and then ultimately after that first day of rehearsal he said you know i am playing a stunt performer and i know we want to celebrate the real stunt performers doing it in this movie but i also think i need to do this so i understand the character and it's like we're opening the movie i'm gonna do it i'm in