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David Bianculli

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
6673 total appearances

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Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

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

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

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

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

Well, we had a hope for it. So early on in production, when we were working on the script, you know, I thought like if we're going to do this celebration of the stunt performer, it would be great if we sort of had aspirations to maybe set a record or do something that was like hadn't been done before.

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

Well, we had a hope for it. So early on in production, when we were working on the script, you know, I thought like if we're going to do this celebration of the stunt performer, it would be great if we sort of had aspirations to maybe set a record or do something that was like hadn't been done before.

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

Well, we had a hope for it. So early on in production, when we were working on the script, you know, I thought like if we're going to do this celebration of the stunt performer, it would be great if we sort of had aspirations to maybe set a record or do something that was like hadn't been done before.

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

And so I wrote in the script, you know, and Colt Seavers sets a world record for the number of cannon rolls. And I was kind of a little bit of like a tongue in cheek, like if we set the world record fine, if we don't. But the stunt team took it to heart and they were like, how do we do this? Let's do it. I'm like, OK, go for it.

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

And so I wrote in the script, you know, and Colt Seavers sets a world record for the number of cannon rolls. And I was kind of a little bit of like a tongue in cheek, like if we set the world record fine, if we don't. But the stunt team took it to heart and they were like, how do we do this? Let's do it. I'm like, OK, go for it.

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

And so I wrote in the script, you know, and Colt Seavers sets a world record for the number of cannon rolls. And I was kind of a little bit of like a tongue in cheek, like if we set the world record fine, if we don't. But the stunt team took it to heart and they were like, how do we do this? Let's do it. I'm like, OK, go for it.

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

And so I have a longtime collaborator and someone who I started in the business with as a stuntman way back in the day, Chris O'Hara. He was my stunt coordinator, second unit director on this film, and he took it upon himself, like, we're going to break the world record. So we got with special effects who were going to build the cannon inside the car and build the safety cage.

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

And so I have a longtime collaborator and someone who I started in the business with as a stuntman way back in the day, Chris O'Hara. He was my stunt coordinator, second unit director on this film, and he took it upon himself, like, we're going to break the world record. So we got with special effects who were going to build the cannon inside the car and build the safety cage.

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

And so I have a longtime collaborator and someone who I started in the business with as a stuntman way back in the day, Chris O'Hara. He was my stunt coordinator, second unit director on this film, and he took it upon himself, like, we're going to break the world record. So we got with special effects who were going to build the cannon inside the car and build the safety cage.

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

We got with picture cars to find the right car that the physics would work, we felt, and And we went down the path of R&Ding how to beat seven roles, which was Casino Royale several years ago. And it took a couple takes. You know, take one was a really great...

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

We got with picture cars to find the right car that the physics would work, we felt, and And we went down the path of R&Ding how to beat seven roles, which was Casino Royale several years ago. And it took a couple takes. You know, take one was a really great...

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

We got with picture cars to find the right car that the physics would work, we felt, and And we went down the path of R&Ding how to beat seven roles, which was Casino Royale several years ago. And it took a couple takes. You know, take one was a really great...

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

crash and in any other movie you would say that was epic you know the car flipped in a different way and like it kind of went end over end and it created the kind of carnage that you wanted for the film and it really would have worked narratively and I actually told the guys like we can walk away now but I They were really excited about setting the record and we'd had prepped for another car.

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

crash and in any other movie you would say that was epic you know the car flipped in a different way and like it kind of went end over end and it created the kind of carnage that you wanted for the film and it really would have worked narratively and I actually told the guys like we can walk away now but I They were really excited about setting the record and we'd had prepped for another car.

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

crash and in any other movie you would say that was epic you know the car flipped in a different way and like it kind of went end over end and it created the kind of carnage that you wanted for the film and it really would have worked narratively and I actually told the guys like we can walk away now but I They were really excited about setting the record and we'd had prepped for another car.

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

And so we waited to the next day when the conditions were a little bit better. Anyway, the next morning we had, closer to when the tide came in, we had firm sand and we flipped the car and it went eight and a half rolls. And every, you know, the crew went nuts because the stunt team had worked so hard on it.

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

And so we waited to the next day when the conditions were a little bit better. Anyway, the next morning we had, closer to when the tide came in, we had firm sand and we flipped the car and it went eight and a half rolls. And every, you know, the crew went nuts because the stunt team had worked so hard on it.

Fresh Air
A Veteran Stunt Performer Shares Tricks Of The Trade

And so we waited to the next day when the conditions were a little bit better. Anyway, the next morning we had, closer to when the tide came in, we had firm sand and we flipped the car and it went eight and a half rolls. And every, you know, the crew went nuts because the stunt team had worked so hard on it.