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" I've been really fortunate in my career to do budgets at all different levels. "
David Leitch
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" While filming 'The Matrix,' we studied how a Chinese fight-choreography team trains actors before production starts so that they can participate in action sequences in a more dynamic way. "
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" I think, as a choreographer and an action designer, you're constantly giving your characters problems to overcome. That's what makes it fun for choreography. But it also makes it fun for the audience to see them solve those puzzles and how they are as a human being. "
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" I'm a fan of the sensibility of comics, and I love the escapism of them and the defining of good and evil. They're just so creative, too. "
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" The character of Cable is complex. "
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" Film is a collaborative art form. I don't know why you wouldn't recognize the stunt performers. "
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" I look at the action scenes as placeholders when I arrive on a script, knowing that I'm going to expand on them when I understand the constraints of the movie, the locations of where we're shooting, the abilities of the actors, and where we want to go with the characters. "
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" You always start a fight scene or an action scene with, 'What are we learning about this character at the moment, and how are we gonna arc him or her in the next three minutes,' and it's no different with 'Deadpool' or 'Atomic Blonde' or 'John Wick.' "
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" There are a lot of big action movies that we've worked on where the attitude has been, 'Let's just get through this scene.' Then you get those jumpy, what-were-they-thinking action sequences. "
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" Every movie you attack has its challenges, and I was excited about the challenges presented by 'Deadpool.' I was a huge fan of the original, and I think, as a director, you have to put the script first. "
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" Shooting a fight is like shooting any other scene. You have to tell a story using a very specific choreography. "
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" Some actors have an affinity for dance, and they should explore it, train in it, and get good. "
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Some
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" The completely irreverent tone was the thing that won me over about the first 'Deadpool' movie. "
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" If you have John Goodman in your movie, you want to use him as much as possible. "
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Him
Want
" In the stunt world, fights and vehicles are often two different disciplines. "
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Stunt
Different
" As a second unit director, you're entrusted to shoot the action sequences. On every movie, it's slightly different. "
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" You have to make bold choices to be noticed. "
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" If you're trying to get to the underworld of Berlin, it's not suits and ties; it's rock and roll. "
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" Fight choreography has far more in common with dance choreography than it does with actual martial arts. You learn martial arts techniques, but those are just the movements for the choreography. You're working with a partner in choreography. You're working on timing. "
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You
" Coming from an action background, I always approach the action sequences in any script as kind of placeholders. "
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" The thing that I like about action sequences is that if they're done well, you get to know more about the character in those few minutes than you do through 10 minutes of exposition. "
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" I find fight scenes actually more interesting, in a way, than chase scenes because you're watching your character go through this problem-solving process and fight the antagonist mano-a-mano. It's more powerful, more emotional. "
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" Choreographing a fight scene is telling a little story. You learn a lot about the characters involved. "
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" Friends who are directors like Jim Mangold or the Wachowskis or Zack Snyder - who, whether they know or not - have really left a mark on who I am as a director. "
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" As a stunt guy, you become a mini-director. You're talking to actors about performance. "
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" I think in the 'Deadpool' franchise, the writers are really good at distilling the good stuff and applying that to the material in this universe. "
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" Stunt coordinating is a good training ground for directing because you have exposure to all the departments in film. "
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" People have given their lives to this industry to make movies compelling. "
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Industry
People
Movies