Jude Poyer on Hong Kong and UK stunts (Action Talks #19) from Action Talks with Eric Jacobus

Action Talks with Eric Jacobus

Eric Jacobus

Jude Poyer on Hong Kong and UK stunts (Action Talks #19)

2 hour 14 minutes Posted Jul 26, 2023 at 8:00 pm.

Upbringing and early influences

Training martial arts and pursuing action cinema

Attitudes towards action cinema in Britain

Jude's early work and going to Hong Kong

Working with Van Damme and Rob Schneider in Hong Kong

How accommodating choreographers were in Hong Kong

Ching Ka Lok's dangerous aesthetic in his directing style

On not getting hurt

Pyrotechnics

More working in Hong Kong

Keeping your ego out of the way

How camera operators work in the West vs Hong Kong

Action cinema in the UK

Pros and cons of the British stunt register

Stunts in the middle east

Guiding stunt performers and lessons learnt

How Sammo Hung's fights engage us

A story in every shot

Approach and process to action directing

Finding humor in action

Healthy work environments

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Jude Poyer is a stuntman and action designer who got his start in Hong

Kong on films like Man Called Hero, and is known for recent projects

such as Gangs of London. Talks about his journey as a Hong Kong stuntman

and how he transitioned into doing stunts in the UK. His IMDB can be

seen here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0694706/ and his HKMDB is here: https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=13646&display_set=eng

Edited by Tristan Glover

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