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Guest: David Leitch

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273 total appearances

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SmartLess
"David Leitch"

You design a sequence as a stunt coordinator, you want to be heard. That kind of goes to Jason.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

No, I mean, it's 100% true. I mean, again, like having been on set, you know, my entire adult life as a performer or a department head, it just, you want to be included. And then, you know, being in the director chair and knowing all those people are there to make you look good, you take the good ideas and then you steal all the credit, right?

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

No, I mean, it's 100% true. I mean, again, like having been on set, you know, my entire adult life as a performer or a department head, it just, you want to be included. And then, you know, being in the director chair and knowing all those people are there to make you look good, you take the good ideas and then you steal all the credit, right?

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

No, I mean, it's 100% true. I mean, again, like having been on set, you know, my entire adult life as a performer or a department head, it just, you want to be included. And then, you know, being in the director chair and knowing all those people are there to make you look good, you take the good ideas and then you steal all the credit, right?

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

I was, but it was kind of like one of those movies where you're not doing a lot. You know, when you think about it, it's funny. It's like the name is Fight Club, and then you go back and watch the film. I actually watched it a couple months ago. There's only like three fight sequences in it.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

I was, but it was kind of like one of those movies where you're not doing a lot. You know, when you think about it, it's funny. It's like the name is Fight Club, and then you go back and watch the film. I actually watched it a couple months ago. There's only like three fight sequences in it.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

I was, but it was kind of like one of those movies where you're not doing a lot. You know, when you think about it, it's funny. It's like the name is Fight Club, and then you go back and watch the film. I actually watched it a couple months ago. There's only like three fight sequences in it.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

But what we were doing, and you often do as a stunt performer, is train the actors. So we were training the actors for a long time. Sort of in this messy style of fighting. And then I might have doubled Brad on two or three little moments.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

But what we were doing, and you often do as a stunt performer, is train the actors. So we were training the actors for a long time. Sort of in this messy style of fighting. And then I might have doubled Brad on two or three little moments.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

But what we were doing, and you often do as a stunt performer, is train the actors. So we were training the actors for a long time. Sort of in this messy style of fighting. And then I might have doubled Brad on two or three little moments.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

Because at that time, he was like super fit. By the way, still super fit.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

Because at that time, he was like super fit. By the way, still super fit.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

Because at that time, he was like super fit. By the way, still super fit.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

The guy's ripped.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

The guy's ripped.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

The guy's ripped.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So everybody loves him. We all do. He's an awesome human being. Yeah, I love him too. Yeah, so it really was like one of those movies where I was working a lot, but we weren't, you know, the stunts I had to do were like very, very simple. Although I do remember one great, this goes back to Fincher being the sort of like perfectionist that he is.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So everybody loves him. We all do. He's an awesome human being. Yeah, I love him too. Yeah, so it really was like one of those movies where I was working a lot, but we weren't, you know, the stunts I had to do were like very, very simple. Although I do remember one great, this goes back to Fincher being the sort of like perfectionist that he is.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

Yeah, yeah, yeah. So everybody loves him. We all do. He's an awesome human being. Yeah, I love him too. Yeah, so it really was like one of those movies where I was working a lot, but we weren't, you know, the stunts I had to do were like very, very simple. Although I do remember one great, this goes back to Fincher being the sort of like perfectionist that he is.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

I had to throw the Ed Norton stunt double down that set of stairs at the end of the movie. Sure. 12 times.