EP14 - STUNTMAN - Andy Pilgrim

Are You Creative?

Stunt performer and stunt coordinator. Has the best imdb page in the world - FACT! Including loads of 10/10 films, and also falling off a cliff in Emmerdale. Getting burned by a dragon on Game of Thrones - Dracarys!!! Learning to be set on fire by scuba diving. Andy’s stunt origin story. Gymnastics, high-diving, judo, theatre. Assessing risks on set to make it safe for you and actors. South Essex Gymnastics Club - is it Kingsmen recruitment for stunt performers? Coming up through the profession with David Holmes, Daniel Radcliffe’s double in Harry Potter and the star of the brilliant The Boy Who Lived documentary. Why it’s important to learn to act and perform as well as the stunt skills. Requirements to join the British Stunt Register: Six sports at a high level. Why is it good to be multi-disciplinary as a stunt performer? Winning the Taurus award for best fight in The Dark Knight. Christian Bale kicked Andy out of a window on a rope, like a string of stuntman sausages. Being Tom Hardy’s double in Inception in the upside down dream sequence. Being chased by Leonardo DiCaprio. World exclusive: What is Leo DiCaprio’s favourite restaurant in Morocco - McDonalds! Doubling for Robert Downey Junior in Sherlock Holmes. Wearing a mech suit in Edge of Tomorrow. Is Tom Cruise fast at running? What does a real stuntman think of The Fall Guy? Filming in Essex - Basilwood. Fighting Danny Dyer with a carpet roll. Shooting the fight in the muddy square in The Witcher EP1 - a six week shoot. How does Andy’s family feel about his potentially dangerous job? Stunts on long ‘oner’ one take shots and shooting the epic scene in Children of Men. Staying cool during a take. Andy’s stunt bucket list. Nick pitches Flaming Hooves 2: Horse in the City. Training to become a stuntman can take as long as a law degree. Doubling Mr.Bean running across roofs for a Snickers commercial. Andy has a signature way of dying on screen, and he demostrates it - THE PILGRIM DEATH - pretend shot by a young volunteer Warrior.
Thanks to Sara Tupper for introducing Nick Hearne as the best dressed man in Essex - He was wearing his new special shirt from Lazy Oaf!
Andy Pilgrim's website
Andy Pilgrim's unbeatable imdb page
British Stunt Register
South Essex Gymnastics Club
Special guest co-host Adelle Barker
Are You Creative? Live was recorded at Chelmsford Theatre
Part of Essex Podcast Festival
Hosted by Chelmsford For You
Staging by John Lewis
Beer by Radio City Beer Works
Edited by Nick Hearne
Artwork by Alpaca Antenna

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Thanks to NGDA, City Sound and Essex County Council for their support
Recorded in Chelmsford, Essex, UK