AT LAST!!! After my departure from China in March and 2 long months of waiting & networking I finally had my first stunt job in Germany last weekend.
The plan was to shoot the first 10 minutes of filmmaker Ulrik Brucholz's new & still untitled action movie project , which is set in parts in Germany & the Mediterranean island of Malta.
It was an extremely cool shoot, since nearly every crew member on the set was an ambitious and well-trained stunt performer, which made putting the fight scenes together a real blast!
Everyone in this picture is an AnD member (left to right): Mike (nope, I have no idea what's sticking on his nose), Ulrik, Thommy, Mandy, my humble self, Olli & Max... check out their profiles! They're all filed under "my friends".
I was mainly hired for my alleged acting skills (and my exceptionally good looks, of course ), but I got to do a number of painful stunts as well. Unfortunately, just when I was about to get ready for my final and more demanding break fall, we got chased off the location (an old factory building) under threat of police action... not quite the kind of action we were looking for. Apparently, there had been some ambiguity with the filming permission for this site. Uhum... no biz like show biz.
Anyway, I hope we're still going to shoot that last scene at some later point. I was really looking forward to it. Rats!
For now, I'd like to share something of a Behind-The-Scenes & Set-Pictures feel with you... I'm still waiting for some pics from our photographer Mandy , so there's definitely more action stuff to come.
In order to get attuned, here are a few commemorable moments:
"The Two Stooges" Olli & Thommy... very entertaining when aroused
Spezi(AD) & Ulrik Andy Long
& his stunt team
Jana (hard-as-nails Karate chick) & Mandy
Andy rehearsing a break fall
gittin' ready to get my ass kicked (for the umpteenth time)