Rick Avery: From dot to dash to doubling Robert De Niro and creating one of the greatest car stunts ever!

Rick Avery started out in life as a man with passion for karate and judo, found himself, pretty much by accident, on a Hal Needham movie and the rest as they say is history. Rick has done it all from fights, to fire jobs and high work. He is considered by many as one of the best car men in the business and in 1998 was given the job of coordinating the stunts on the movie Blues Brothers 2000. The 1980 original contained a mass car crash sequence that had to be topped. And boy did he top it! He talks us through his career and that incredible car crash sequence in this weeks episode.    

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British Stuntman Blake Sporne and writer, author and oracle of all knowledge to do with the film and TV stunt world, Jon Auty, host the episodes discussion and talking to people from the movie industry who help create the action sequences. From Hollywood to Bollywood their guests range from the Hollywood legends like Terry Leonard to the special effects technician that set up the ramp for him fall off that waterfall in Romancing the Stone. If you like behind the scenes extras, you will love this!