Peter Berg

And we had rattlesnakes everywhere. And we had to have all these dudes going around pulling the snakes out of the... out of the rocks and stuntmen breaking ribs. Joe Schilling was with us every day. I think we killed Joe five times. Thanks, Joe. I saw Tate Fletcher. I was telling you, too, since episode two. We only killed Tate once, but thanks, Tate, for that. I love that dude.

And we had rattlesnakes everywhere. And we had to have all these dudes going around pulling the snakes out of the... out of the rocks and stuntmen breaking ribs. Joe Schilling was with us every day. I think we killed Joe five times. Thanks, Joe. I saw Tate Fletcher. I was telling you, too, since episode two. We only killed Tate once, but thanks, Tate, for that. I love that dude.

And we had rattlesnakes everywhere. And we had to have all these dudes going around pulling the snakes out of the... out of the rocks and stuntmen breaking ribs. Joe Schilling was with us every day. I think we killed Joe five times. Thanks, Joe. I saw Tate Fletcher. I was telling you, too, since episode two. We only killed Tate once, but thanks, Tate, for that. I love that dude.

But these stuntmen were so tough and breaking bones and all kinds of horrible things. But the creative... experience of getting to do basically six movies at once, you know, because I directed all of them. And being able to go that deep in characters and to be able to bring in elements like Brigham Young and the Mormon religion

But these stuntmen were so tough and breaking bones and all kinds of horrible things. But the creative... experience of getting to do basically six movies at once, you know, because I directed all of them. And being able to go that deep in characters and to be able to bring in elements like Brigham Young and the Mormon religion

But these stuntmen were so tough and breaking bones and all kinds of horrible things. But the creative... experience of getting to do basically six movies at once, you know, because I directed all of them. And being able to go that deep in characters and to be able to bring in elements like Brigham Young and the Mormon religion

and have big themes circling around just very visceral violent moments um as a filmmaker is awesome and it's it's a it's different you know because it's not directing an episode of a television show is its own experience but that's very quick directing a movie is really really wonderful and very obviously creatively demanding But that's this is six movies all at once. Yeah.

and have big themes circling around just very visceral violent moments um as a filmmaker is awesome and it's it's a it's different you know because it's not directing an episode of a television show is its own experience but that's very quick directing a movie is really really wonderful and very obviously creatively demanding But that's this is six movies all at once. Yeah.

and have big themes circling around just very visceral violent moments um as a filmmaker is awesome and it's it's a it's different you know because it's not directing an episode of a television show is its own experience but that's very quick directing a movie is really really wonderful and very obviously creatively demanding But that's this is six movies all at once. Yeah.

And having to keep that in my head and kind of figure out how to keep myself functioning and not wasting energy. And, you know, I built a gym in my house in New Mexico with a nice bath and a sauna. And I'd get up at four every morning and just have that time for myself to keep myself fit and mentally and physically ready to to to go at it.

And having to keep that in my head and kind of figure out how to keep myself functioning and not wasting energy. And, you know, I built a gym in my house in New Mexico with a nice bath and a sauna. And I'd get up at four every morning and just have that time for myself to keep myself fit and mentally and physically ready to to to go at it.

And having to keep that in my head and kind of figure out how to keep myself functioning and not wasting energy. And, you know, I built a gym in my house in New Mexico with a nice bath and a sauna. And I'd get up at four every morning and just have that time for myself to keep myself fit and mentally and physically ready to to to go at it.

Yeah. I mean, I try to, I do go over it, but in more of an abstract way. I'm a bit of an improvisational filmmaker, meaning I don't like to have everything super planned out. I think kind of the way you conduct your podcast. You have some ideas, and then you just sort of allow whatever happens to happen. And I know what I'm going to do that day, particularly with American Primeval because –

Yeah. I mean, I try to, I do go over it, but in more of an abstract way. I'm a bit of an improvisational filmmaker, meaning I don't like to have everything super planned out. I think kind of the way you conduct your podcast. You have some ideas, and then you just sort of allow whatever happens to happen. And I know what I'm going to do that day, particularly with American Primeval because –

Yeah. I mean, I try to, I do go over it, but in more of an abstract way. I'm a bit of an improvisational filmmaker, meaning I don't like to have everything super planned out. I think kind of the way you conduct your podcast. You have some ideas, and then you just sort of allow whatever happens to happen. And I know what I'm going to do that day, particularly with American Primeval because –

You know, we had so many big battles and stunts and, you know, kind of dangerous, complex filmmaking that there has to be some plan. But even within that, I try to loosely think about what I want to do and then get out there and let the actors kind of start doing what they do and see what kind of creative vibe gets going. And a lot of the cameramen, you know, I just shoot handheld cameras.

You know, we had so many big battles and stunts and, you know, kind of dangerous, complex filmmaking that there has to be some plan. But even within that, I try to loosely think about what I want to do and then get out there and let the actors kind of start doing what they do and see what kind of creative vibe gets going. And a lot of the cameramen, you know, I just shoot handheld cameras.

You know, we had so many big battles and stunts and, you know, kind of dangerous, complex filmmaking that there has to be some plan. But even within that, I try to loosely think about what I want to do and then get out there and let the actors kind of start doing what they do and see what kind of creative vibe gets going. And a lot of the cameramen, you know, I just shoot handheld cameras.

So we have a lot of flexibility there.

So we have a lot of flexibility there.