Back Alive from Back Alive

I’m tired and exhausted…but I feel good.
The filming of Back Alive yesterday went well. We shot four sequences (three of them fight scenes) all in less than six hours. That ain’t too bad, especially considering we had no prior rehearsals or training.
I’m most proud of the fact that I memorized all of the choreography within [...]

Where’s the sun?

OK, there’s just something unnatural about starting your day before the sun does. That’s just plain wrong. But that’s what I gotta do to make the 6:30 a.m. call time. Gotta shake off the sleepiness and hustle.

Killer Call Time

OK, so I will indeed play a Grim Reaper in Back Alive, shooting in two days. Cool, right? Of course …
But the call time is 6:30 a.m.! Yikes. That means getting to sleep early Saturday night. Sleep early on a Saturday night? Uh, huh?

Grim Reaper — Kung Fu Style?

Just got confirmation: I scored another stunt-fighting gig for a short movie called Back Alive.
I don’t know much about it, but shooting starts this Sunday. My good friend and fellow stunt fighter Eric Watson hooked me up with the connection, so it’ll be good to work with him again. Apparently, we’ll be playing grim reaper-type [...]

Jump Rope? Fail!

Today was my second training session for an upcoming stunt-fighting gig, and my calves are burning.
I have never learned to jump rope (always thought it was a girly thing when I was a kid), but because I’m playing a boxer, I have to learn it –- regardless of whether I’m going to be doing so [...]