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" You know, the 'Atomic Blonde' universe is its own universe. There's influences obviously of Bond and Bourne and 'Wick,' all the things I've been exposed to, but it is its own universe. "
David Leitch
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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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Attitude
" 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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" The character of Cable is complex. "
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" You learn tricks to make action look more dynamic - having the fight come toward you or shooting on a longer lens to compress the speed. "
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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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" As a stunt guy, you become a mini-director. You're talking to actors about performance. "
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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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" You can sometimes break rules in comics that you can't necessarily break in cinema. It's fun to find something cool in a comic and then try and find a way to break the same rule in another medium. "
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You
Rules
Fun
" Music emotionally and psychologically transports you immediately. "
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Immediately
Emotionally
Music
" 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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Evil
Love
Fan
" 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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" Coming from an action background, I always approach the action sequences in any script as kind of placeholders. "
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Coming
Kind
Always
" 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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Trying
Suits
Rock And Roll
" Great actors can transform, but sometimes there's just this person who speaks right to the role. When they walk in the room, you know they're that character. That is something you can't teach an actor; that's something that's luck and chance. "
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Walk
Chance
Character
" As a second unit director, you're entrusted to shoot the action sequences. On every movie, it's slightly different. "
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Action
Director
Shoot
" I've been really fortunate in my career to do budgets at all different levels. "
David Leitch
Career
Different
Fortunate
" Even when you're being safe, eight hours of choreography makes you look like you've been through a war. It's hard. It's like playing hockey for eight hours. "
David Leitch
Hockey
War
Safe
" If you have John Goodman in your movie, you want to use him as much as possible. "
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Much
Him
Want
" 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. "
David Leitch
Like
Friends
I Am
" Sometimes, the action genre does get stale. Although I want to go back and see my favorite characters in their tentpoles - and will religiously do that - it's really fun to see breakout ideas and concepts. Let's make some new stories. "
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Sometimes
Fun
Back
" Spies go undercover. They take on different personas. "
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Undercover
Take
Go
" A lot of people don't give their audiences credit. You can leave it a little mysterious. They can think about it. "
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People
Mysterious
Credit
" Stunt coordinating is a good training ground for directing because you have exposure to all the departments in film. "
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You
Stunt
Ground
" I think the biggest thing you take from the stunt world is your understanding of the filmmaking process. For years, you've worked with every other department closely. You know hair, makeup, wardrobe, special effects, and you know what everybody's needs are and their expectations. You also know how to collaborate with them. "
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Makeup
World
Think
" In the stunt world, fights and vehicles are often two different disciplines. "
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Vehicles
Stunt
Different
" 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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Action
Knowing
" Choreographing a fight scene is telling a little story. You learn a lot about the characters involved. "
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Lot
You
Story
" Selling art is a lot different than making it. "
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Selling
Than
Art
" You have to make bold choices to be noticed. "
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Choices
Make
Noticed
" All film, at the end of the day, has wish-fulfillment. "
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Day
End Of The Day
End