Free dives, canoe crashes, barefoot work — the intense physicality audiences behold on screen comes thanks to stunt coordinators. Their work isn’t accomplished with “Jackass”-style harebrained endeavors, but thoughtful planning that allows them to create safe, repeatable, in-budget and — let’s be honest — mind-blowing action. The SAG Awards even has a category — stunt ensemble — that recognizes the best work both in film and TV.
“Wakanda Forever” director Ryan Coogler told stunt coordinator Andy Gill that he wanted to do as many practical ones as possible because he wanted to keep it real. But underwater work is a whole other beast of an endeavor, which is where stunt coordinator and underwater expert Chris Denison came in.
When it comes to planning car sequences, coordinators push matchbox cars around for visualization, but there’s no such underwater play toy that fits when you need to have actors obtain underwater Vibranium, the...
“Wakanda Forever” director Ryan Coogler told stunt coordinator Andy Gill that he wanted to do as many practical ones as possible because he wanted to keep it real. But underwater work is a whole other beast of an endeavor, which is where stunt coordinator and underwater expert Chris Denison came in.
When it comes to planning car sequences, coordinators push matchbox cars around for visualization, but there’s no such underwater play toy that fits when you need to have actors obtain underwater Vibranium, the...
- 1/10/2023
- by Zoe Hewitt
- Variety Film + TV
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