The stuntman turned filmmaker behind Atomic Blonde and Bullet Train on the secret to making action look “real” (and why it doesn’t actually have to).
offered an exciting middle ground in which production design prioritized practical stunts that worked in perfect harmony with the high-paced cinematography — as a way of both keeping costs low and telegraphing how essential the action was to the film’s DNA. AfterLeitch’s first solo project, for which Charlize Theron put in the work to make herself credible as a frightening assassin whose body-breaking stunts worked seamlessly to tell her character’s story and the film’s larger narrative.
Stunts take on different shapes and sizes and levels of complexity depending on the discipline within which stunts are taking place. I, as a performer, did a lot of fight choreography with wire rigging and flying, bringing that Asian influence of Hong Kong wire work into western films. I think there was a sequence in thewhere agent Smith and Neo were flying in the air.
Could we pull off taking out 75 guys like John Wick does? Not even close. But does it work for our world? You have to find that tone of the action for every movie, making sure that the actions define character and build drama in the story so you actually care about it. There’s a lot of great movies that don’t have big characters and don’t have big drama; they have incredible action sequences, but they’re forgettable because you’re like,.
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