How to be a Big Budget Stunt Performer with Adam Basil - To be a Stuntman or Stuntwoman

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Want to be a professional student performer and work on big films and TV shows? Well, this week I’m talking to Stunt Performer Adam Basil. Adam’s been in blockbuster movies like Fast X, Mission Impossible Fallout, James Bond film No time to die, Justice League and Wonder Woman.
He was Tom Hardy’s stunt double in both Venom movies and even played the Bloater in HBO's The Last of Us TV series.

I talked to Adam about how he got into the industry, tips for stunt performers just starting out and of course we chatted about what it was like working on some of those massive productions.

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. How did Adam start in the business (00:00:42)

3. The skills you need to get on the UK Stunt Register (00:02:42)

4. Any stunt skills that are in demand? (00:03:15)

5. Has Adams height been an advantage or disadvantage? (00:04:20)

6. How does the money work? (00:05:13)

7. At the beginning did Adam earn enough to live on? (00:06:12)

8. What personal attributes do you need to succeed? (00:07:03)

9. Adam talks about playing The Bloater on HBO's The Last of Us (00:08:43)

10. Did the Bloater scenes live up to Adams expectations? (00:10:33)

11. Comic convention life (00:12:07)

12. Playing a Death Trooper in Rogue One (00:12:58)

13. Do you get starstruck? (00:16:33)

14. Doctor Strange at the Multiverse of Madness (00:19:06)

15. Playing Will Smith's Genie body in Aladdin (00:21:40)

16. Injuries (00:22:56)

17. Advice for working with a stunt team? (00:23:59)

18. Where do stunt performers find work? (00:26:20)