Gui DaSilva-Greene on stunts, dance, producing, and vulnerability (Action Talks #11) from Action Talks with Eric Jacobus

Gui DaSilva-Greene on stunts, dance, producing, and vulnerability (Action Talks #11)

1 hour 43 minutes Posted Jun 2, 2023 at 9:00 pm.

Intro

The History of Gui

Were You Always Interested In Being an Entertainer?

Blending Martial Arts and Dance

First Experiences With Indie Style Fight Choreography

Meeting Vlad Rimberg

Finding Character in Motion

Transitioning From Indie Action Scenes to Stunt Work

Capoeira

Beef Between Artists, The Ultimate Fuel For Creativity?

The Shaw Brothers Role in Breaking's Origins

Getting Into American Stunt Work

Indie Versus Industry Constructing a Fight Scene

What To Take Into Consideration When Fighting An Actor

Working with Sebastian Stan

Characterization in Action Cinema

Stunt Doubling

Doubling Chadwick Boseman

Gui's Characterization of T'Challa

Teaching Actors Versus Martial Artists

Research for Black Panther Role

If Indie Action is Rock Music, What's Hollywood?

Dance and Dialects

The X Factor in Art

Eastern Vs Western Action Sensibilities

Action Designing for Chris Brown

Striking Balance In Action Designing

Balancing Safety and Spectacle in Service of Story

Lessons in Designing Previs

Vulnerability in Acting

Injecting Vulnerability Into Character

Different Types of Strengths

Gui's Goals

Gui's Words of Advice and Wisdom

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Gui DaSilva-Greene is a stuntman, actor, action designer, motion capture

performer, martial artist, dancer, and producer. He got his start in

the indie action movement on the east coast, and he's worked on films

like Captain America, Winter Soldier, Civil War, and many more. We talk

about stunts, acting, training actors, and African martial arts and

dance and how it all comes together for him. You can see his IMDB here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5302031/