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LMGI COMPASS
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Summer 2024
In the film, based on the hit series which ran from 1981 to 1986,
Ryan Gosling stars as Colt Seavers, a stuntman who leaves the film
industry after an accident that nearly kills him. He is drafted back
into service when the star of a movie being directed by his ex,
played by Emily Blunt, goes missing.
To win back her heart, and before he even has a moment to think,
he's crashing through windows, dodging samurai swords, leaping
off balconies, being blown up, set on fire, falling out of helicopters
and sliding across the Sydney Harbour Bridge on a trash skiff
while fighting a very large henchman. All this is happening while
he's either being filmed in the actual movie or literally hanging
from the camera that's shooting the movie within the movie.
It's a series of mind-boggling stunts set against the splendor of
one of Australia's most iconic cities.
"It was exciting to have such a big, prestigious production as
Over the course of his legendary career, native
Australian SLM Phillip Roope/LMGI has had the
opportunity to work for and with such distinctive and
well-respected directors as Baz Luhrmann, Danny
Boyle, James Mangold, Oliver Stone, Angelina Jolie,
Jane Campion and George Miller on diverse projects
like
Australia, The Great Gatsby, The Beach, Wolverine,
Heaven & Earth, Unbroken,
the award-winning series
Top of the Lake and Mad Max: Fury Road. But nothing
could prepare him for the outrageous scale of
Universal's
The Fall Guy.
