Guest: David Leitch

Yeah. Well, now there's like... They've invented this great gel. Actually, there's a stunt performer. He's got a company called Action Factory, and he just won, or he was recognized by the Academy for a Technical Achievement Award for his gel, this stunt gel that allows you to basically burn for a long period of time without the big suit and without the prosthetic mask.

You just rub it on your body? Yeah. Well, there's the gel underneath it, but it's really the fuel that burns cooler. It's a combination of the water gel, which is like an aloe-based gel, and then the fuel that burns cooler. But look, it's all like the circus. There's all these sort of secrets.

You just rub it on your body? Yeah. Well, there's the gel underneath it, but it's really the fuel that burns cooler. It's a combination of the water gel, which is like an aloe-based gel, and then the fuel that burns cooler. But look, it's all like the circus. There's all these sort of secrets.

You just rub it on your body? Yeah. Well, there's the gel underneath it, but it's really the fuel that burns cooler. It's a combination of the water gel, which is like an aloe-based gel, and then the fuel that burns cooler. But look, it's all like the circus. There's all these sort of secrets.

Yeah, it was pretty amazing.

Yeah, it was pretty amazing.

Yeah, it was pretty amazing.

he probably was sitting on first unit. I mean, I don't know if we shot it on second unit. I can't really remember that, but yeah, it was a pretty amazing stunt.

he probably was sitting on first unit. I mean, I don't know if we shot it on second unit. I can't really remember that, but yeah, it was a pretty amazing stunt.

he probably was sitting on first unit. I mean, I don't know if we shot it on second unit. I can't really remember that, but yeah, it was a pretty amazing stunt.

Yeah, yeah. Look, it's been a long journey. And look, for 20-plus years, inside the Academy, there's been a lot of stunt coordinators working on it. You know, Jack Gill, Greg Smurs, Melissa Stubbs. There's been a lot of people trying to move the needle. And after... You know, we basically, we made Fall Guy. We're coming back from making Fall Guy.

Yeah, yeah. Look, it's been a long journey. And look, for 20-plus years, inside the Academy, there's been a lot of stunt coordinators working on it. You know, Jack Gill, Greg Smurs, Melissa Stubbs. There's been a lot of people trying to move the needle. And after... You know, we basically, we made Fall Guy. We're coming back from making Fall Guy.

Yeah, yeah. Look, it's been a long journey. And look, for 20-plus years, inside the Academy, there's been a lot of stunt coordinators working on it. You know, Jack Gill, Greg Smurs, Melissa Stubbs. There's been a lot of people trying to move the needle. And after... You know, we basically, we made Fall Guy. We're coming back from making Fall Guy.

We are all feeling really excited about this giant commercial we made for why there should be an Academy Award for stunts. And I just went in with Kelly, my wife and producing partner. We went in and talked to the Academy of like, what's been the stumbling blocks? How do we get this done? You know, casting found a way to get this done. How can we find a way to get this done? And they really did...

We are all feeling really excited about this giant commercial we made for why there should be an Academy Award for stunts. And I just went in with Kelly, my wife and producing partner. We went in and talked to the Academy of like, what's been the stumbling blocks? How do we get this done? You know, casting found a way to get this done. How can we find a way to get this done? And they really did...

We are all feeling really excited about this giant commercial we made for why there should be an Academy Award for stunts. And I just went in with Kelly, my wife and producing partner. We went in and talked to the Academy of like, what's been the stumbling blocks? How do we get this done? You know, casting found a way to get this done. How can we find a way to get this done? And they really did...

There was a tremendous amount of support inside the academy. And they just said, look, we have a roadmap you follow. And it's just been... some sort of lack of clarity. And so Kelly and I really went down the road of like trying to rebrand what we were asking for. And I think, you know, the Academy obviously has these, this legacy of honoring design, like production design, costume design.

There was a tremendous amount of support inside the academy. And they just said, look, we have a roadmap you follow. And it's just been... some sort of lack of clarity. And so Kelly and I really went down the road of like trying to rebrand what we were asking for. And I think, you know, the Academy obviously has these, this legacy of honoring design, like production design, costume design.

There was a tremendous amount of support inside the academy. And they just said, look, we have a roadmap you follow. And it's just been... some sort of lack of clarity. And so Kelly and I really went down the road of like trying to rebrand what we were asking for. And I think, you know, the Academy obviously has these, this legacy of honoring design, like production design, costume design.

And I think when people think stunts, they're like, what are you going to give the stunt to the, you're going to give the award to the performer? Are you going to give the award to the person that rigged the stunt? And it's like, no, we're going to give it to the stunt coordinator, the department head. the tradition is you give it to the designer.