While filming 'The Matrix,' we studied how a Chinese fight-choreography team trains actors before production starts so that they can participate in… — David Leitch Copy Share Image
You learn tricks to make action look more dynamic - having the fight come toward you or shooting on a longer lens… — David Leitch Copy Share Image
Coming from an action background, I always approach the action sequences in any script as kind of placeholders. — David Leitch Copy Share Image
There are a lot of big action movies that we've worked on where the attitude has been, 'Let's just get through this… — David Leitch Copy Share Image
The thing that I like about action sequences is that if they're done well, you get to know more about the character… — David Leitch Copy Share Image
There's an arc to an action sequence, and you need to come out the other end knowing your character better, and maybe… — David Leitch Copy Share Image
As a second unit director, you're entrusted to shoot the action sequences. On every movie, it's slightly different. — David Leitch Copy Share Image
I think, as a choreographer and an action designer, you're constantly giving your characters problems to overcome. That's what makes it fun… — David Leitch Copy Share Image
Sometimes, the action genre does get stale. Although I want to go back and see my favorite characters in their tentpoles -… — David Leitch Copy Share Image
I look at the action scenes as placeholders when I arrive on a script, knowing that I'm going to expand on them… — David Leitch Copy Share Image
You always start a fight scene or an action scene with, 'What are we learning about this character at the moment, and… — David Leitch Copy Share Image
I find fight scenes actually more interesting, in a way, than chase scenes because you're watching your character go through this problem-solving process and… — David Leitch Copy Share
As a stunt guy, you become a mini-director. You're talking to actors about performance. — David Leitch Copy Share
Coming from an action background, I always approach the action sequences in any script as kind of placeholders. — David Leitch Copy Share
'Atomic Blonde' is about the characters' bigger existential crisis and their world. It's not so much the conceit of the spy game; it's more… — David Leitch Copy Share
We don't want John Wick to retire again; we're glad he's back in the game. We want a sequel or a prequel. There's a… — David Leitch Copy Share
Fight choreography has far more in common with dance choreography than it does with actual martial arts. You learn martial arts techniques, but those… — David Leitch Copy Share
People want to be empowered to the point where they can thwart their enemies physically. — David Leitch Copy Share
Great actors can transform, but sometimes there's just this person who speaks right to the role. When they walk in the room, you know… — David Leitch Copy Share
Stunt coordinating is a good training ground for directing because you have exposure to all the departments in film. — David Leitch Copy Share
The completely irreverent tone was the thing that won me over about the first 'Deadpool' movie. — David Leitch Copy Share
As a director, just to be able to jump in to do something that's different, and to explore comedy and be challenged by that,… — David Leitch Copy Share
I think the biggest thing you take from the stunt world is your understanding of the filmmaking process. For years, you've worked with every… — David Leitch Copy Share
You can sometimes break rules in comics that you can't necessarily break in cinema. It's fun to find something cool in a comic and… — David Leitch Copy Share
I think in the 'Deadpool' franchise, the writers are really good at distilling the good stuff and applying that to the material in this… — David Leitch Copy Share
