Reposted from Firstpost. Thank you Devansh Sharma. In an industry obsessed with deifying the star, the spotlight often evades those who work tirelessly behind the scenes. The success of a film is often attributed to its face but seldom to those who constitute the spine. And so, in this column titled Beyond the Stars, Firstpost highlights [...]
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Check out the Trailer for Bollywood film Man Who Feels No Pain – with action by Eric Jacobus and Dennis Ruel
onVasan Bala's Bollywood action comedy Man Who Can Feel No Pain has a new trailer in anticipation of its premiere at Toronto International Film Fest's Midnight Madness. Eric Jacobus action directed the project, and Dennis Ruel served as fight coordinator. The two of them spent a month in Oakland with The Stunt People previzzing the action [...]
World Premiere and Release of "The Fighter" (fight choreography and stunts by Eric Jacobus)
onThis is a bit of a late notice, but Javed Khan's "The Fighter" will be premiering this weekend in Terre Haute, Indiana. I worked on the film back in August of 2007 as a fight choreographer for two of the fight scenes (my own fight and part of the finale in the barn), and I [...]
The Stunt People in Bollywood film with Saif Ali Khan – Day 2
onThis was mostly just a pickup day where we shot some coverage of the dialogue and fight scene. We showed up at eight and had a quick dinner, which was awesome as usual, and jumped right into shooting. On one take, Saif was on the ground with the camera at the same level, and he [...]
The Stunt People in Bollywood film with Saif Ali Khan – Day 1
onI was referred to the Swish film production company by a Lucas-something (if you're out there, let me know so I can thank you! I forgot the name!), and they were busy preparing to shoot a big-budget Bollywood film in San Francisco. I was called in to do the fight choreography, and Dennis Ruel and [...]