Jay Burr

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261 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 15 Jul

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Out of Frame · Stunt Rigger: Keeping superheroes safe · 15 Jul 2026 podcast

You know, if I was to say, if I wanted to fly across this room, then the rig would be a ratchet and we would put the line up.

It would be 45 degrees to a pulley in the roof and then whoop, off you go.

There you are.

I mean, I've been so lucky in the film industry.

I've had so many chances and opportunities.

I was a scaffolder, basically.

And I had my own scaffolding company.

And when I was doing my scaffolding qualifications, I met a guy who was in the film industry.

And at the time, which was a very long time ago, it was a closed shop.

It was son of, you know.

There was no real jobs available.

And I was badgering him to say, I really fancy, you know, doing it because it sounded cool.

And then it was probably a year after that, I got the opportunity to go and do a standby job on a film called 24, which is a Kiefer Sullivan TV show.

Yeah.

And it was over here.

And they said, look, you know, do you want to come and do this?

I was like, OK.

And I literally had to make the decision over a few nights whether I wanted to stay scaffolding or whether I wanted to...

you know, let's go and try the rigging side of it, which is what I did.

I started with the electrical department, actually, so rigging for the electrical department.

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