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  • 015: So, I Guess I’m Challenging You
    Nov 22 2024

    Happy Anderson is an actor with an extensive body of work in television and film. On the feature film side, Happy co-starred opposite Will Smith and Edgar Ramirez in David Ayer's Bright (Netflix), opposite Robert DeNiro in Taylor Hackford's The Comedian (Sony Pictures), opposite Sandra Bullock in Suzanne Bier's Birdbox (Netflix), opposite Julia Roberts and Clive Owen in Tony Gilroy's Duplicity (Universal) and again opposite Will Smith and Martin Lawrence in Bad Boys For Life (Sony Pictures). Happy will next be seen opposite Jon Hamm and Tina Fey in the film Maggie Moore(s) directed by John Slattery. His television work includes recurring roles on David Fincher's Mindhunter (Netflix), Steven Soderbergh's The Knick (Cinemax), Gotham (Fox), Snowpiercer (TNT), and The Blacklist (NBC). Most recently, Happy appeared in The Bikeriders (Peacock) opposite Tom Hardy as ‘Big Jack’, where they engaged in an epic dirty and gritty fight scene – the starting point of our interview!

    Happy’s website: http://www.happyandersonacting.com/

    Happy’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2322283/

    Happy’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/happyandersonacting/

    MENTIONS

    The Bikeriders Fists or Knives Fight Scene: https://youtu.be/YAPJexKgHPE?si=Ly2HnB1oTYKLvWtu

    Danny Lyon’s Website: https://bleakbeauty.com

    Script Apart Podcast: https://www.scriptapart.com/episodes/the-bikeriders-jeff-nichols-interview

    Smithsonian Article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/real-story-behind-bikeriders-danny-lyon-photography-book-inspired-it-180984579/


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    Steve’s IMDB: http://imdb.me/stephenkoepfer

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • 014: Welcome to Watertown Mother…
    Nov 8 2024

    Cliff Moylan was born and raised in Dorchester, Massachusetts, to an Irish father from County Clare and an Irish-American mother from County Detroit. He is best known for his portrayal of real-life hero Sergeant John MacLellan in the Peter Berg directed film Patriots Day (2017). Longtime friends Steve and Paul sit with Cliff to break down his experience playing Sergeant MacLellan, the epic Watertown shoot-out scene, and his experience working on the film. Cliff has also worked with acclaimed directors Martin Scorsese, Steven Soderbergh, Jodie Foster and Steven Zaillian, and Benny and Josh Safdie. He has also exchanged on-screen dialogue with John Turturro, Laura Linney, Jon Voight, Damian Lewis, Giancarlo Esposito, Liev Schreiber, and JK Simmons. Outside of acting, Cliff is a longtime practitioner of various combat sports, including Boxing, Muay Thai, and Combat Sambo.

    • Cliff’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2854316/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
    • Cliff’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cliffama/

    MENTIONS

    Patriots Day Shoot Out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSblwSHtsKk

    ABC News Covers the actual shoot-out: https://youtu.be/9-pIe85AF2M?si=A5vj6p7JFOixgRTH

    Patriots Day Featurette - Battle of Watertown (2017): https://youtu.be/F0eNfocB_m0?si=B7y2YklnLIdClMN3

    Jahar Tsarnaev messing around with wrestling teammates off-season: https://youtu.be/SMxjvMSJgWk?si=1XnURr_jwM8oY_50

    Tamerlian Tsarnaev and Jahar training at Waikru MMA: https://youtu.be/vW3sRh9LqnQ?si=_-vsl1HLsQQT83Jy


    TAMMFF Film Freeway: https://filmfreeway.com/TAMMFF


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    Steve’s IMDB: http://imdb.me/stephenkoepfer

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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • 013: Cutting Harley Quinn
    Oct 25 2024

    Originally from New Orleans, Andy Young is a Film & TV editor based in Los Angeles who specializes in comedy. He has experience in both animation & live-action projects working for studios like Warner Bros, Netflix, and HBO. His work has premiered at major film festivals like SXSW, won Webby Awards, and earned +850 million views online. As a writer for Moviemaker Magazine, Andy has interviewed such filmmakers as The Duplass Brothers, Richard Linklater, Edgar Wright, Frank Oz, James Gunn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Robert Duvall, and many others. Film Fights with Friends typically centers around the exploration of live-action fight scenes and their production. With Andy Young, the first editor to appear on the show, they take a first and very deep dive (appropriate as Andy is also a certified scuba diver) into the production of animated fight scenes from script to screen. The focal point of this episode are several fights from Max’s Harley Quinn (2022) and Amazon’s Merry Little Batman (2023).

    Andy’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/andyyoungfilm

    Andy’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4041044/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

    MENTIONS

    Harley Quinn S3, Ep1 "Harley and Ivy vs Plastique " - https://youtu.be/qXVLONmbz7A?si=9p-gTNHHmSrnaolQ

    Harley Quinn S3, Ep7 “King Shark Kills His Brother” - https://youtu.be/Od063htzas0?si=sBjM-378jzjwP1Zy

    Merry Little Batman, Mr. Freeze vs Batman - https://youtu.be/frOjzgx35mk?si=YW32LHJ8nA0FTAvP

    Merry Little Batman, Penguin vs Damian - https://youtu.be/SlOvzjhDMfE?si=GHMU9I0N_s4DOD4T

    How Animated Movies Are Edited - Andy Young (Los Angeles Pro User Group):

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5SHA3Y2zk4


    TAMMFF Film Freeway: https://filmfreeway.com/TAMMFF


    FILM FIGHTS WITH FRIENDS

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    1 hr and 34 mins
  • 012: Artists Known
    Oct 11 2024

    Steve and Paul sit down with Cinder Chou (Writer/Director) and Kerry Lacy (actor) about their feature film Artist Unknown.

    Cinder Chou is a Taiwanese American writer, director, and producer originally from the oft-maligned state of New Jersey and currently resides in Brooklyn. An early love for comic books turned into a passion for visual storytelling. Her work explores themes of otherness through a comedic and surreal style. Cinder’s early career as a production coordinator (The Big Sick, Jack Ryan, Red Oaks) gave her the professional know-how to launch her own films. Her work has screened at many festivals in the U.S. Artist Unknown is her debut feature film and has won numerous awards, including the Jury Award at the Art of Brooklyn Film Festival, Best Feature at the Broad Humor Film Festival, and Best Narrative Feature at the Artists Forum Festival of the Moving Image.

    Kerry Lacy was raised in Malibu, California, by two professional actors and fell in love with acting at a young age. Her childhood was spent in theaters and television studios, and dinner table conversations included lessons on comedic timing and notes on dialects and accents. Kerry studied Tang Soo Do for twelve years, earning her third-degree black belt and working as an instructor before moving to New York City, where she studied acting at NYU's Tisch. She is a graduate of The New School, where she studied film, fine arts, and Spanish. In addition to acting, she is also an artist and DJ based in New York City. Artist Unknown is Kerry’s first leading role in a feature and she has been nominated for the Iris Prize Best Female Performance and won Outstanding Performance in a Feature Film at Art of Brooklyn Film Festival.

    • Cinder’s Website: https://www.cinderama.com/
    • Cinder’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3364818/
    • Cinder’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cinderblockade/


    • Kerry’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7466039/?ref_=tt_rv_t0
    • Kerry’s Website: https://www.kerrylacy.com/
    • Kerry’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kerry_lacy/
    • Kerry’s short film Viola: https://vimeo.com/225143857


    • Artist Unknown IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt24329424/reference/
    • Artist Unknown Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artistunknownfilm/
    • Artist Unknown Trailer: https://vimeo.com/843981392


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    1 hr and 28 mins
  • 011: Double Down with Jasper Joyner
    Sep 27 2024

    Jasper Joyner is a Michigan-born stunt performer who has shared the screen with action legends such as Scott Atkins and Ray Park. Since 2014, Jasper has been Michael Jai White’s stunt double, working on such productions as Accident Man (2018), Never Back Down: No Surrender (2016), As Good As Dead (2022), The Commando (2022), Falcon Rising (2014), Chain of Command (2015), and more. Jasper, Paul, and Steve break down some of his most epic fight scenes, delve into some of the challenges of working in the entertainment industry, why it is important to stay positive, humble, and thankful, and how YouTube just might get you your next big break!

    Jasper’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7001053/

    Jasper’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jasperjoyner_/

    MENTIONS

    Michael Jai White vs Nathan Jones / Never Back Down: No Surrender - https://youtu.be/gKxURNKyfyc?si=tMKxITLnWqQfKmUr

    Scott Adkins fights Michael Jai White and Ray Park at the same time / Accident Man (2018): https://youtu.be/Xt8UTgT0f34?si=LtMR07pKzS3sYmlW


    Dead Zone Fight Choreo BTS: https://youtu.be/Lpl5Blb3hdY?si=KLdlszI0GoY8XHwO


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    Steve’s IMDB: http://imdb.me/stephenkoepfer

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    Paul’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8062990/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

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    1 hr and 17 mins
  • 010: Sherry Rene’s Journey to Discovery
    Sep 13 2024

    Our first Star Trek episode! Sonequa Martin-Green's fight double Sherry Rene, beams up to the Fights With Friends studio to chat with us redshirts!

    Our interview with Sherry Rene begins with a breakdown of the ‘Burnham vs Burnham’ fight from season 5, episode 4 of Star Trek Discovery. Star Trek has a long history of characters having to face themselves on different timelines and parallel universes when faced with mimicking entities and other anomalies of space and time. Michael Burnham, captain of the Discovery, is the latest crew member in Star Trek universe to join the club. Outside of Star Trek, Sherry has appeared as a stunt performer in Black-ish, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Snowfall, Runaways, and American Horror Stories. Sherry shares her leap of faith journey from Long Island, New York to Los Angeles where she channeled a life of martial arts training into a successful career in television and film—and super excited Trekkie parents!

    Burnham vs Burnham fight: https://youtu.be/C0vvsENTNT4?si=j7pZWd0YAxfba_vD

    Sherry’s reel: https://youtu.be/P8Agbvi892I?si=Eex4bmUcljTvY-QD

    Sherry’s imdb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm9149052/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1

    Sherry’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sherry._.rene/

    MENTIONS

    Kirk vs Kirk (Whom Gods Destroy, 1969): https://youtu.be/ZbENViWbu3w?si=Xvgpu6ghAF5NBXTa

    Kirk vs Kirk (Undiscovered Country, 1991): https://youtu.be/s2wBtcmE5W8?si=jhXu8SUG4YF5mxGb

    Spock meets Spock (Star Trek, 2009): https://youtu.be/8Ppo5YIYwTM?si=7cxY8bMfwyFwf9S7

    Riker meets Riker (Star Trek: The Next Generation, Second Chances, 1993): https://youtu.be/geMGo2P94j4?si=rMDk2s3kwMcSyzM_

    Mike Chat: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0154215/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk


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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • 009: Steve and Paul Fight for Play and Pay
    Aug 30 2024
    Steve and Paul share stories from their lives as stunt performers and discuss some insights regarding shooting fights for fun, training and on professional jobs. They dive deep into the development of the ‘Kenton vs Anton’ fight from Season 1, episode 2 of Alex Garland’s DEVS (2020), where Steve stunt doubled Zach Grenier. Beyond simply fight building they talk about training and doubling actors, hustling for work, injuries, rigging and their attempt to shoot a shot-for-shot remake of the epic ‘Achilles vs Hector’ fight from Troy (2004).MENTIONSPaul, Jared and Steve’s Shot for Shot remake: https://youtu.be/bWRdnaNex2c?si=PzbJeQ6-jCqfxMLF Troy Shot for Shot BTS with Francesca Morabito: https://youtu.be/gw2a0zoEbvg?si=FE9GY_Ae0ysUg0Bv Kenton vs Anton Fight (DEVS): https://youtu.be/Qk6QM0BQuds?si=DVFzxvDZYZ-ypcQrHector vs Achilles (Troy): https://youtu.be/j-Ze3KEhKnM?si=3zML-eDUjYEcysWk Sergio Perez Drives F1 Car Through New York City (shot by Metro Camera Cars): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuBRjCqDsdIFIGHTS WITH FRIENDSE-mail: fightingwithfriends@gmail.comPatreon: patreon.com/FightsWithFriendsPodcastInstagram: instagram.com/FightsWithFriendsPodFacebook: facebook.com/FightsWithFriendsPodYoutube: youtube.com/@FightsWithFriendsPodSteve’s Instagram: Instagram.com/sambosteve Steve’s IMDB: http://imdb.me/stephenkoepferPaul’s on Instagram: Instagram.com/KravMagaChefPaul’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8062990/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1Breakfall Studios’ Instagram: Instagram.com/breakfallstuntsOUR SPONSORSMetro Camera Carsmetrocameracars.comfacebook.com/metrocameracarsinstagram.com/metrocameracarsStunt Contactstuntcontact.cominstagram.com/stuntcontact
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    1 hr and 18 mins
  • 008: The 36 Chambers of Cinema with David S. Tuttman
    Aug 16 2024
    David S. Tuttman is a Cinematographer and Director whose works include The Endgame (Director), Prodigal Son (Director), Damages (Director), The Following (Cinematographer), Blindspot (Director of Photography), Law & Order (Director of Photography) and Wu-Tang: An American Saga (Director of Photography). We begin our discussion with a breakdown of the epic homage to John Woo’s The Killer (1989) in episode 7 of the 2nd season of Wu-Tang: An American Saga. Our discussion then takes us through the intricacies of shooting action, David’s career, set safety, and the future of the television and film industry.David Tuttman (DP), Wu-Tang: An American Saga S2 Ep7 “Airwaves”IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0878373/?ref_=ext_shr_lnkMENTIONSWu-Tang / The Killer Comparison video: https://youtu.be/1S33eTXM3Oc?si=h9KAzNViwLU4iEnXWu Tang Previs: https://youtu.be/FdXI9ODyJUM?si=lWf2t9b4kuU6OsUqThe Killer (full scene): https://youtu.be/axp1KBUajLE?si=MIL3cexH_MU34aB-FIGHTS WITH FRIENDSE-mail: fightingwithfriends@gmail.comPatreon: patreon.com/FightsWithFriendsPodcastInstagram: instagram.com/FightsWithFriendsPodFacebook: facebook.com/FightsWithFriendsPodYoutube: youtube.com/@FightsWithFriendsPodSteve’s Instagram: Instagram.com/sambosteve Steve’s IMDB: http://imdb.me/stephenkoepferPaul’s on Instagram: Instagram.com/KravMagaChefPaul’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8062990/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1Breakfall Studios’ Instagram: Instagram.com/breakfallstuntsOUR SPONSORSMetro Camera Carsmetrocameracars.comfacebook.com/metrocameracarsinstagram.com/metrocameracarsStunt Contactstuntcontact.cominstagram.com/stuntcontactfacebook.com/stuntcontactTactical...
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    1 hr and 18 mins