Geek Syndicate Issue 7 | Page 46

Geek Syndicate
INTERVIEW

Vic Armstrong - The World’s Greatest Stuntman
Image © Titan Books,2011

What makes a good action film? Is it the stars paid millions of dollars? Is it the Director who has the vision to bring it all together? The composer who brings the sound of action to the screen? The writer who comes up with the plot? The answer is, of course all of the above, but action films would be nothing without the stunts. Even in this age of Computer Generated Imagery (CGI), we still get a kick out of seeing cool stunts on screen and I would guess that you never know the name of the man or woman who has risked their life to bring something to the screen. One name that you should get to know is Vic Armstrong who has worked on over sixty of the biggest action movies in his amazing career that he literally fell into. Vic has worked his way from performing horse riding stunts to being the stunt co-ordinator, then to Second Unit Director for some huge