Nick Gillard in a talk about his life, career, and lightsabers - by Saberproject
We celebrated our 10th anniversary big way and invited lightsaber master and stunt coordinator Nick Gillard!
Enjoy this in depth talk with our role model and inspiration of our activities in the last decade.
Did you know that he also worked on movies like Alien, Indiana Jones and more?
Or what's the reality behind the seven forms of lightsaber combat?
How do you even get to be a stuntman?
This and much more will be answered!
Hosted by Tim Dagott, Chairman of Saberproject.
You can find all topics with a clickable link at the end of the interview to skip directly to a specific one.
Keep watching it to the very end;)
Chapters:
0:00 Logos
0:10 Connection between Nick Gillard and Saberproject
1:26 Intro
1:38 Nicks backstory
3:35 First set experience and other movies
4:17 How to be a stunt coordinator
4:48 Stunt double for Mark Hamill?
5:45 Indiana Jones, Superman, Alien
6:14 First movie as a stunt coordinator?
6:53 Pre-production & turning down Darth Maul
8:14 Duel of the Fates
10:35 Staff lightsaber
11:23 Writing a lightsaber choreography
12:51The only rule of lightsaber fighting
13:34 Developing the style
14:30 Seven forms plus two
17:20 A word on lightsaber groups around the world
19:16 Battle of the Heroes & Six Darth Mauls
21:30 George Lucas and lightsaber duels
22:30 Favorite lightsaber and Cin Drallig
23:22 Turning down Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings
25:18 Quitting movies and moving to TV
28:24 Have you seen The Force Awakens?
29:35 Thoughts on the Crossguard lightsaber
29:56 Last thoughts on lightsaber fights
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