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Guest: David Leitch

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273 total appearances

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SmartLess
"David Leitch"

We did it. All the plate photography we did with a remote unit. Huh? And I would get up at 2 in the morning and get on WhatsApp and watch on a camera.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

No, we had another piece of software to give us the video, and I can't remember what it was exactly.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

No, we had another piece of software to give us the video, and I can't remember what it was exactly.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

No, we had another piece of software to give us the video, and I can't remember what it was exactly.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

Well, I actually, I am a little achy. I'm not going to lie, but you know, I've been doing a lot. I do a lot of PT and I stayed, tried to stay healthy. And I did get out, you know, earlier than some of my friends who are still like calling me like, Hey, I hear you got a movie going. And I'm like, got a couple of days for me on that show. Uh,

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

Well, I actually, I am a little achy. I'm not going to lie, but you know, I've been doing a lot. I do a lot of PT and I stayed, tried to stay healthy. And I did get out, you know, earlier than some of my friends who are still like calling me like, Hey, I hear you got a movie going. And I'm like, got a couple of days for me on that show. Uh,

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

Well, I actually, I am a little achy. I'm not going to lie, but you know, I've been doing a lot. I do a lot of PT and I stayed, tried to stay healthy. And I did get out, you know, earlier than some of my friends who are still like calling me like, Hey, I hear you got a movie going. And I'm like, got a couple of days for me on that show. Uh,

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

uh-huh and you're like you know you're 50 dude you're not jumping out of the car yeah but like were you were you constantly uh were your parents constantly driving you to the emergency room when you're a little boy were you always jumping off shit and hurting yourself i actually came into the stump business right around the time everyone was like specializing and so they were looking for like martial artists and i yeah i competed in martial arts as a

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

uh-huh and you're like you know you're 50 dude you're not jumping out of the car yeah but like were you were you constantly uh were your parents constantly driving you to the emergency room when you're a little boy were you always jumping off shit and hurting yourself i actually came into the stump business right around the time everyone was like specializing and so they were looking for like martial artists and i yeah i competed in martial arts as a

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

uh-huh and you're like you know you're 50 dude you're not jumping out of the car yeah but like were you were you constantly uh were your parents constantly driving you to the emergency room when you're a little boy were you always jumping off shit and hurting yourself i actually came into the stump business right around the time everyone was like specializing and so they were looking for like martial artists and i yeah i competed in martial arts as a

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

as a kid and like all through college. And I was getting really excited about using this knowledge in movies. Like, you know, cause you learn so much in martial arts that's completely useless. Let's be honest. Like there's all these moves that don't work and you're like, why am I studying all of this stuff?

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

as a kid and like all through college. And I was getting really excited about using this knowledge in movies. Like, you know, cause you learn so much in martial arts that's completely useless. Let's be honest. Like there's all these moves that don't work and you're like, why am I studying all of this stuff?

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

as a kid and like all through college. And I was getting really excited about using this knowledge in movies. Like, you know, cause you learn so much in martial arts that's completely useless. Let's be honest. Like there's all these moves that don't work and you're like, why am I studying all of this stuff?

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

And then you realize, oh, because I can make up a fight with it and it can be really cool and look cinematic. Yeah. So there was a group of guys that I was competing with that were in LA and they were working on, you know, these bad blood sport movies and things like that. And I went and visited them in Mexico on the set of this movie called Perfect Target starring Daniel Bernhardt.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

And then you realize, oh, because I can make up a fight with it and it can be really cool and look cinematic. Yeah. So there was a group of guys that I was competing with that were in LA and they were working on, you know, these bad blood sport movies and things like that. And I went and visited them in Mexico on the set of this movie called Perfect Target starring Daniel Bernhardt.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

And then you realize, oh, because I can make up a fight with it and it can be really cool and look cinematic. Yeah. So there was a group of guys that I was competing with that were in LA and they were working on, you know, these bad blood sport movies and things like that. And I went and visited them in Mexico on the set of this movie called Perfect Target starring Daniel Bernhardt.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

And I watched them. put together fight scenes, jump off of stuff, and you fall into pads, and I'm like... That looks fun. I'm in. I just packed up my car and left. I was teaching second grade in Minneapolis. I had just graduated from college.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

And I watched them. put together fight scenes, jump off of stuff, and you fall into pads, and I'm like... That looks fun. I'm in. I just packed up my car and left. I was teaching second grade in Minneapolis. I had just graduated from college.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

And I watched them. put together fight scenes, jump off of stuff, and you fall into pads, and I'm like... That looks fun. I'm in. I just packed up my car and left. I was teaching second grade in Minneapolis. I had just graduated from college.

SmartLess
"David Leitch"

Yeah, I'm like, moving to LA, I'm going to be a stuntman. And then, of course, nothing in this business is easy, and so I moved into a house in Redondo Beach. There were six of us that... We're all trying to be stunt people. I mean, this is a show in its own right. So we dug a trampoline in the backyard without telling our landlord. We bought our pads. We bought an airbag.