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Woodridge Stuntman Bob Beck Dishes on Hollywood Action
The actor and stuntman worked alongside Heath Ledger in "The Dark Knight" and has also been in "The Dilemma," "Contagion" and "Fred Claus."
Check out the YouTube video to the right. That’s Woodridge’s Bob Beck, a pro stuntman doing an epic 20-second (stage) fight against fellow stuntman Keith Min. (Spoiler alert: Bob wins.)
In a recent interview with Yahoo!, Beck discusses his movie career working with Christopher Nolan (in The Dark Knight) and Steven Soderberg (in Contagion), and dishes on the positives and negatives of working in film. (Plus: screen immortality; minus: inconsistent work.)
Overall, he told the site, “It is the best business to be in, and I am fortunate to be in it. The payoff has been worth it. Some of the people I work with I would consider my family."
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He also offers some advice for newcomers to Chicago’s entertainment industry.
"Have patience,” he told Yahoo!. “Just because you have been doing extra work for five minutes doesn't mean you should be a star the next time you work. Deal with rejection and learn from it. You can't work on everything. Be a professional on set. It's a job. Don't give up. You never know when your time will come, so always be ready.
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“[And] never treat anyone like garbage, especially the PA's [production assistants]… today's PA is tomorrow's director!"
Read the full story at Yahoo! here, and find another interview with Beck here.
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