41 episodes

David Holmes was a Gymnast and Stunt Performer. He began his Stunt career at the age of 14 on “Lost In Space” and for the following ten years he performed on many productions, including; Prince Of Persia, The Golden Compass and all eight Harry Potter films as the main Harry Potter Stunt Double. David qualified for the Stunt Register when he was 22 years old, then on January 28th 2009, at the age of 25 David was left paralysed after an accident on set whilst rehearsing a stunt.It’s been over a decade since David’s accident and his love of stunts, the stunt community and movies has never wavered. In this Podcast Series, David hopes to highlight and pay tribute to the amazing work that our Stunt Coordinators and Performers do whilst on set in the name of entertainment.Produced by David Holmes & Amy Stares
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Cunning Stunts, A Podcast Series Ripple Productions

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David Holmes was a Gymnast and Stunt Performer. He began his Stunt career at the age of 14 on “Lost In Space” and for the following ten years he performed on many productions, including; Prince Of Persia, The Golden Compass and all eight Harry Potter films as the main Harry Potter Stunt Double. David qualified for the Stunt Register when he was 22 years old, then on January 28th 2009, at the age of 25 David was left paralysed after an accident on set whilst rehearsing a stunt.It’s been over a decade since David’s accident and his love of stunts, the stunt community and movies has never wavered. In this Podcast Series, David hopes to highlight and pay tribute to the amazing work that our Stunt Coordinators and Performers do whilst on set in the name of entertainment.Produced by David Holmes & Amy Stares
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    Episode 8: Greg Townley

    Episode 8: Greg Townley

    Greg began as a gymnast, which soon turned to Tumbling at the age of 7, when Damien Walters became his coach. It was Damien that got Greg his first job on a film, where he performed his first stunt on Kick-Ass, when he was just 12 years old. Since then Greg’s credits include, The World’s End, Kingsman, Wonder Woman and Spiderman as one of the Spiderman Stunt Doubles. In this podcast episode Greg talks about his early years competing in tumbling, his memories as a child stunt performer and some of his more recent jobs and stunts. We hope you enjoy.
     
    Released: 15th December 2022 (recorded August 2022)
    Running Time: 30 minutes

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    Episode 7: Sam King (Dent)

    Episode 7: Sam King (Dent)

    Horses have been in Sam’s family since the early 1940’s and her Father is the well-known Stunt Coordinator, Steve Dent. Sam started her career with a shovel in her hands and is now an established Horse Master. As well as her on set duties, Sam’s job also includes training horses and teaching Actors to ride. All this and more is talked about in this episode. We hope you enjoy.
     
    Released: 8th December 2022 (recorded August 2022)
    Running Time: 20 minutes

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    Episode 6: Bobby Holland-Hanton

    Episode 6: Bobby Holland-Hanton

    Bobby began as a gymnast, which eventually led to a career in Stunts. He is now Chris Hemsworth’s Stunt Double, part of the successful fitness company Centr and has just released a children’s book, all of which are discussed in this podcast episode. David and Bobby also chat about who else Bobby has doubled, stunts that Bobby has performed and upcoming projects. We hope you enjoy.
     
    Released Thursday 1st December 2022 (recorded June 2022)
    Running Time: 24 minutes

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    Episode 5: Josie Forman

    Episode 5: Josie Forman

    Josie Forman is daughter to Tina and Dave from Episode Two. She is part of the new generation of stunt performers and has been on the British Stunt Register since 2016. Since then Josie has begun to build an impressive list of credits including, Bond, Maleficent, Star Wars, Game Of Thrones and Spider-Man. In this podcast episode Josie tells us about her training for the register, some of the stunts she has performed and some of her early memories of her parents working as Stunt Performers. We hope you enjoy.
     
    Released Thursday 24th November 2022 (recorded February 2022)
    Running Time: 13 minutes

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    Episode 4: Damien Walters

    Episode 4: Damien Walters

    Damien began in gymnastics and tumbling, and it was one of his YouTube videos that landed him his first job as a stunt performer on Hellboy II: The Golden Army. Since then Damien has built up an impressive list of credits including, Kick-Ass, Captain America, Kingsman, Assassin’s Creed and Bond, he is now an established 2nd Unit Director. Damien has also written and directed his own movie and in this podcast episode he talks about this new venture, his journey to becoming performer and some of the stunts he has performed. We hope you enjoy. 
     
    Released Thursday 17th November 2022 (recorded December 2021)
    Running Time: 45 minutes

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    Episode 3: Bruce Cain

    Episode 3: Bruce Cain

    Bruce tells us how he started off as a Royal Marine and how his love for jumping out of aeroplanes eventually led to him to becoming a Stunt Performer. David and Bruce discuss films, stunts, beautiful locations and an incident with a snake! Unfortunately, in 2010 Bruce had an accident on set whilst performing that ended his career in stunts. Since then he has started a new life in New Zealand and in this podcast episode Bruce talks about his road to recovery and the struggles he still faces from his injury. We hope you enjoy.
    Released: 10th November 2022 (recorded)
    Running Time: 35 minutes

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Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
87 Ratings

87 Ratings

HotFuzz87 ,

Smart and passionate

Always great to hear people talking smart and passionately about what they do. Wish I’d found this pod ages ago. Mad respect to the profession.

the_#_1_dad ,

More episodes, please!!

I love this podcast! Stunt work is a very niche job that I know very little about, and getting to learn a bit about the industry has been fascinating! David and Daniel are fantastic interviewers, they always ask very interesting questions. I must say though that as an American, it’s a bit difficult to follow the accents, but it doesn’t matter. This podcast is just that good. Great job, guys!!

Bababasandra ,

Brian Nickels

What a brilliant interview, I found this podcast today and I’m blasting through it. The Brian Nickels episode what the episode I knew I’d be an extremely long time listener for as long as it’s going.
Such a wonderful tribute to the stunt performers that help make theater and film great. Bravo.

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