My nine to five: Steve Truglia
December 12, 2009 by admin
Filed under Career News and Advice
Steve Truglia has been performing stunts since 1996. Photograph: Richard Cave/Rockhoppermedia
If I’m not performing a stunt I’m usually up at 7am. If I am, I’m up very early. I was working on a movie recently and I was up at 4.30am because I had to be at Pinewood at 7am. I make sure I’ve had my breakfast and allowed for problems on the M25. You cannot be late in my business.
I work in film, TV, commercials and do live PR stunts for companies. A lot of my time is spent reading scripts and looking at designing sequences, speaking to directors and producers about how they want the sequences to look, how they will work and budgeting those stunts.
Stunt performing is a highly structured career path – you have to gain qualifications in six different sports to a high standard. It takes four or five years and costs at least £20,000; a black belt in a martial art from scratch costs a fortune. You also have to have some acting experience. You then join the stunt …
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