Chris O’Hara shares all the details of the work that goes into designing the stunts in the new action/comedy film, The Guy caseand how the film accurately portrays stunt performers.
“I think when people think of stunts, they see the big stunts that are in the movies. You don’t understand how you got to this process,” O’Hara, who was given the title of stunt designer for the first time ever, said exclusively Us weekly.
Noting that he and his team are working “hand in hand with the writers, the director, other department heads and the production designer” to “design the final sequence for the stunt,” O’Hara said he hopes his title changes serve as a tool to “make people realize that what we do is more on a larger scale than just cool stunts.”
He adds: “It’s the design, it’s the engineering, it’s the safety, all the steps that need to be taken to see what’s exciting.”
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In the film – based on the 80s television show of the same name – Ryan Gosling plays Colt Seavers, a stunt double for Hollywood star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor Johnson) works on the set of ex-girlfriend Jody Morenos (Emily Blunt) Blockbuster film. After Tom disappears, Colt finds himself in the middle of a criminal conspiracy surrounding the missing actor and embarks on an action-packed journey to find him.
O’Hara shares how accurately the film represents his craft Us that moviegoers will see every nuance in it The Guy case is “everything real”.
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Dave Benett/Getty Images for Universal Pictures)“That was a beautiful thing about this film that we had David Leach As our director, David and I grew up together in the company,” he explained. “And so there are all these little nuances in the film business. We really want to stay true to our craft. It’s all a real atmosphere. And you really feel like – I don’t know when Ryan is playing this character. I really feel like he’s really playing a stunt guy. He really embraced it and did a great job.”
O’Hara – whose training as a college gymnast helped propel his career as a stunt designer – also told the story Us that 43-year-old Gosling had “four doubles” on set: Logan Holidaywho grew up racing motocross; Ben Jenkina parkour and freerunning expert; Troy BrownSon of “one of the greatest high fall stunt performers in the industry” Bob Brown And Justin Eatonan “amazing martial artist.”
“It’s a film that essentially focuses on a stunt performer, so all the stunts will be bigger,” he said. “You want the best person to do these stunts. For some films this is not necessary [four stunt performers]. In some films you can have an all-round guy who is so knowledgeable about many aspects of stunts that you can pull it off as a single guy. But if we go where we went The Guy casewe just needed the best of the best.”
The Guy case is now showing in cinemas nationwide.
With reporting by Kat Pettibone