Wooooooowheeeeee!
That's my inner country boy emerging as I sit here at the ReelKick Ranch up in amazing Malibu, CA. I've taken this week to marinate at the ranch as kind of a retreat from the hustle and bustle of city life in Los Angeles. Not to say I've been around this marvelous city very much though lately (as you'll find out as you continue to read my captivating blog haha), but hanging out here with only horses and chickens to talk to definitely inspires me to speak to my human audience of blog readers. Unless chickens and horses can read this. *insert eerie sound effect and shifty eyes*
So a friend of mine who runs movie screenings text messaged this to me the other day:
She was screening a movie I had worked on called Bounty Killer starring Kristanna Loken and the Ruff Ryders Queen, Eve. Funny thing is, I've been so busy recently that it completely slipped my mind that I worked on that film! But a special shout out goes out to my friend Randall Archer for bringing me on to have some good ol' fashioned fun on this project! As you can tell from the delay in my blog entries, I've been satisfyingly occupied these past few months.
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| Better at pretending to have a desk job rather than having a desk job. |
In addition to meeting lots of awesome casting directors and auditioning for some really fun shows and commercials, I've been working my robust tush off as well as making great memories around the country!
I started the summer up in New York, where my ReelKick teammate Fernando Chien was stunt coordinating a pilot being directed by our good friend Gavin O'Connor (Miracle, Warrior, etc). We scouted locations in the Bronx for an amazing action sequence (every corner in New York is so picturesque that it deserves its own cameo) and I returned to Los Angeles to run a pre-visualization to send to the network so they could see how impressive our actors were. Needless to say, the actors and stuntpeople (including our very own badass Sam Hargrave) shined, Ferny did his thing and rocked it, ReelKick delivered, and the show, The Americans, starring Keri Russell, is getting some great buzz! I can't wait to see it on TV!
Speaking of buzzing in Hollywood, another project I worked on is the bee's knees! My teammate Thayr Harris took the reins to coordinate a short film called "Prototype" and signed me on to choreograph the fights. In the beginning, we didn't know how sweet this project was going to turn out. In fact, the first rough cut of choreography that I pieced together was shot on a New York rooftop with me wielding a broomstick as the weapon of choice for our hero. Of course when I got back to Los Angeles we refined it and made it super cool and delectable to please every palate. Here's the super dope trailer that's getting a lot of attention!
This summer also saw me traveling up the Pacific Northwest to Portland, Oregon, to stunt double my buddy and just simply a good ol' soul, Reggie Lee, on his show "Grimm." The stunt coordinator, Matt Taylor, is one of the best guys to work with...super chill and down to earth, and he hires me to get beat up by pretty girls. I ain't complainin' at all! Thanks Matt!
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| Protect. Serve. Stare off dramatically into the distance. |
So yeah, I've been busy and I love it. My workaholism knows no bounds, so bring it on!
