Scott Adkins, a martial arts star raised on HK cinema (Action Talks #3) from Action Talks with Eric Jacobus

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Scott Adkins, a martial arts star raised on HK cinema (Action Talks #3)

1 hour 9 minutes Posted May 19, 2023 at 4:45 pm.

Introduction

Comes from a family of butchers

Finding Taekwondo

Bruce Lee and American action heroes

Indie film roots

Catering martial arts to his action film career

Doing stunts in Hong Kong

Benefits of the Hong Kong style of action filmmaking

Bourne Ultimatum and thoughts on American action filmmaking

Unleashed with Jet Li and Yuen Wo Ping

How Scott improves himself

Eliminating posing, adding MMA to Undisputed action

Integrating camera and choreography

X-Men action design and what happened

Why American action looks the way it does

Greengrass, "The less the audience sees, the more it believes."

Action in the Nolan Batman films

Working with people you trust

Working with Donnie Yen, Iko, Tony Jaa

Producers bringing in inexperienced stunt performers

Advice for stunt performers

On Bruce working with Western stuntmen

Day Shift and working with JJ Perry

Doing action on the spot on John Wick 4

John Wick style choreography

Accident Man 2

Avengement and making the right kind of action

On Brad Allen

Scott wants to make an action comedy

Advice for filmmakers

More on the action design process of John Wick 4 (recorded later)

Scott's character in Wick 4

Performing in the fat suit

Developing the movement style in Wick 4

Working with Chad Stahelski

Chad's artistic influences

Being a family man

Advice for people who want to start a family and do action films

Stunt performers directing films and the future the martial arts film genre

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Scott Adkins is an action star (John Wick IV, 2023), producer (Accident

Man 2, 2022), martial artist, and just an overall man of action. He

talks all about his action film career and his views on the current

state of action films. You can find his IMDB profile here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0675102/

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