Fun (tangential) fact: my wife and I had dinner next to one of the stunt people for Starship Troopers last month. We know because he was reminiscing about being impaled in a scene or something and was referring to himself in third person. We googled him and saw a photo of him.
1 5Samuel
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oh that’s so cool! presumably from the final scene where they get captured by the bugs?
1 1Davis BickfordI’m not sure, it’s been a long time since I watched haha. I think he said a worm was going through him maybe 🤔. His name is Johnny Martin. He told a story to his date/partner about it and how someone said “Johnny, …” to him so it was pretty easy to search and see this was the same person.
Johnny Martin | Director, Producer, Writer
Known for: Hangman, Alone, Vengeance: A Love Story
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Davis BickfordWe didn’t overhear much more than that but I’m sure it was an interesting job to work on.
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