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First up, was the Crypt Fight from the opening sequence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/5723b517-014d-4e4e-8b5f-a51231511307/SH2+filming+the+alley+fight.JPG Film & TV Archives First fight up: Market Fight (vs. Multiple Opponents). For this scene, we used a different kind of camera and story idea than the first film to take us into Sherlock's mind (follow the apple...). I co-choreographed the fight with Markos Rounthwaite and doubled RDJ in the sequence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/aa89cd5e-1c26-4a05-a796-4e0ff0c1b6dc/P1010009_2.JPG Film & TV Archives Laying out the Crypt Fight in a 1000 year old church... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/a9076efd-2b27-4790-ba19-ad8a2e77cc51/SH2+rehearsing+the+assassin+fight+with+stuntman+Marcus+Shakeshef+.JPG Film & TV Archives Next up: The Shush Club Fight (Stuntman Marcus Shakeshef as "The Russian Assasin") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/a20d0ea6-84a5-46d4-bda2-7b1dd80e5cb1/Bon+Lop+at+St+Pauls2.jpg Film & TV Archives Training with RDJ in between takes, outside of St. Paul's in London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/0094e7df-bb79-44e7-be4a-48a7044cb9c3/SH2+Rehearsing+the+assassin+fight+in+the+club....jpg Film & TV Archives Due to a barrage of story, location and budget changes, we created nearly 30 different versions of what became a 5 minute sequence in the film https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/86d7d703-55cb-43e6-83c9-47439e77578f/crypt+fight.jpg Film & TV Archives The Game's afoot... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/df69ed85-5d3a-4f20-8069-da24cabfc91d/SH2+on+location+for+the+club+fight%2C+with+my+son+Anthony%2C+and+daugther+Jackie.jpg Film & TV Archives With my family on the set of The Shush Club, London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/36544a7c-0d94-4142-8e6a-b8c302eaf323/rehearsing+the+bareknuckle+fight+3.JPG Film & TV Archives Rehearsals begin for the Bareknuckle/"Punchbowl Pub" Fight (Dave Garrick as "McMurdo") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/1696371323628-V941D5NMC5OI6M1Z9LJZ/IMG_0983.jpg Film & TV Archives We survived Bourne Wood, UK! Doubling RDJ in the Forest Fight. It was intensely cold, and by the time we finished the sequence, I could no longer feel my feet... The location was the same woods where "Gladiator" was filmed. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/b98c3904-3252-4c89-a13f-013b232bd0c9/iu-4.jpeg Film & TV Archives Doubling RDJ for the Crypt Fight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/1696478648967-077D8Q9Z7MRRCCKWZ7VN/SH2%25252Bon%25252Blocation%25252Bfor%25252Bthe%25252Bwoods%25252Bsequence%25252B%25252528as%25252BHolmes%2525253Afight%25252Bdouble%25252529.jpg Film & TV Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/3616677e-a094-47ab-9bb9-b0697a6b5ee5/thumbnail.jpg Film & TV Archives Filming the Crypt Fight https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/522c8a1b-e8c9-4697-ac9e-a5cb952dfc93/P1000261.jpg Film & TV Archives Then everything changed, and I wound up on a pony! It still makes me laugh to see "Sherlock" bouncing up and down on the pony in the film... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/ba64bbbe-f417-4866-afb8-eca1e3bb8984/gan+sao+in+film.jpg Film & TV Archives With this sequence, the objective was three fold: 1) Show how Sherlock uses his powers of perception to analyze an opponent. 2) Show full contact hits in a way that had never been seen before at the time, and 3) To reveal how Holmes uses these fights as a form of self punishment (see the restaurant scene just before the fight...) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/77a809b9-dfcf-4150-8c18-39e52a1304a8/P1010204.JPG Film & TV Archives Prepping to double Robert for the big ride across the French countryside. Though I grew up around horses, I trained as much as possible to be ready to handle the long rides and multiple takes needed for the shots... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/25e75f55-4c83-4a04-8f63-aef7f177e747/gan+sao+on+set.jpg Film & TV Archives After training Dave and RDJ separately, we finally came together on day one of the filming of the Punchbowl Fight... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/f8cdda81-e510-4511-8738-940a7e1e082e/Bourne+Wood+escape.jpg Film & TV Archives Running from the cannons, as it appears in the film https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/408e3f44-e03b-4b41-a672-7db79a80c464/contact+in+filming.jpg Film & TV Archives We had to adapt to two different kinds of film fighting techniques: one for the normal camera and one for the high speed (slow motion) camera needed to capture the real contact being made (my hats off to Dave G..!) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/12033f1a-5cb4-4333-994b-442c4ca00c6c/Noomi%2C+RDJ%2C+and+Jude+run+for+their+lives.JPG Film & TV Archives Noomi Rapace ("Sim"), RDJ and Jude run from the cannons... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/1696370482886-6AT9JTOGAH88PBXU6JOF/SH2-w%253A%2BJared%2BHarris-doubling%2BRDJ-going%2Bover%2Bthe%2Bfalls.jpg Film & TV Archives Balcony Fight complete. As Holmes, with Jared Harris https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/ac0d4f8b-43e4-4e14-8044-5d5a2a8d3a00/kick+in+film.jpg Film & TV Archives Former SAS turned stuntman, Dave took real contact blows for two, very long days... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/2c3dc1fc-cc42-4e20-91ed-67cf35befd88/kick+in+rehearsal.jpg Film & TV Archives Prepping for the contact with Dave G. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/1696374079606-5387U0XNYPY9K3TC9MOW/Frenchie%252525252Bredux%25252525252C%252525252Bwith%252525252BRichard%252525252BRyan%252525252Bto%252525252Bmy%252525252Bright.jpg Film & TV Archives Richard Ryan and I as "The Ruffians." https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/1696267777956-589N2CEXDW3X24XMUMTO/SH1-w%25253A%252BRichard%252BRyan%25252C%252BRDJ%25252C%252B.jpg Film & TV Archives After a grueling 48 hours, we emerged having completed the sequence... From left to right: Richard Ryan (Fight Coordinator), me, RDJ, Guy Ritchie, Dave Garrick, and Franklin Henson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/1696478416065-6WZ97ZWDYZ2G9DQN849B/IMG_1239.jpg Film & TV Archives Rehearsing the Balcony Fight (Holmes vs. Moriarty) with Richard Ryan and C.C. Smiff. We used the opposite effect from the Punchbowl Fight (SH1) - here, we made actual contact, but at a super slow speed. We then sped the action up to make the impact appear realistic. This required a style of film fighting unlike anything I've ever done. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/53051b44-df3e-43c7-94ba-62e8de66160d/P1010034.JPG Film & TV Archives Next up, were the Reordan's Lab Fight/Slipway fights... (The 7' Robert Maillet as "Dredger" ) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/1696370009243-KOTRLMAYZ807GETP2GQP/SH2%2Bfilming%2Bthe%2Bmoriarty%2Bfight%2B2.jpg Film & TV Archives Setting up a shot for the Balcony Fight with Director Guy Ritchie, London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/3a30fa94-bbe5-432f-9273-9ad1314929a5/with+Jude+Law+%28Watson%29+as+Sherlock+Holmes+%28double%29.JPG Film & TV Archives Fighting back to back with Watson in Reordan's Lab (East London). The location of the lab was directly over an alley that one of Jack the Ripper's victims was found... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/916ee70c-df71-4f40-99cb-11004b766209/SH2-w%3A+RDJ-Stonehenge.JPG Film & TV Archives THE END? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/ee4821ea-4c63-4ba2-8c88-93a43525d4bd/P1010026.JPG Film & TV Archives In this sequence, RDJ wanted to ride the line between spontaneity and a polished, well choreographed fight. One on camera experiment sent him to the hospital to stitch up the inside of his mouth - but not before we got the take! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/1696478318348-BN574BMAXOXU1TYQWAEK/S1000001.jpg Film & TV Archives Turning 42... Just another day in the Trenches! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/fd10e4b9-b8aa-4045-9b0d-fca2710bcd9e/P1010023.JPG Film & TV Archives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/6bb53356-e8e2-4a3e-bcbe-47596459d084/With+RDJ%2C+as+Manchurian+Henchman+%28sans+makeup%29%2C+Sherlock+Holmes.JPG Film & TV Archives Filming of the Sewer Fight completed! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/b73b20f0-63f6-4774-a23a-073c4f098804/P1010020.JPG Film & TV Archives Filming the Sewer Fight with "Big Robert" and Rachel McAdams (as "Irene Adler") https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/70a4c061-5490-4a74-8f72-92d1e28486fc/As+the+Manchurian+Henchman%2C+Sherlock+Holmes.JPG Film & TV Archives The Sewer Fight: As "The Mandarin" - a role I was given one day notice for, then we choreographed and filmed the fight the next day. The location was a haunted, underground former prison in Central London https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/ed0ae12c-7dd3-4891-aa1b-0c7c5ed6c5d5/P1010137.JPG Film & TV Archives Filming the Tower Bridge fight - with stuntman Michael Yahn as "Blackwood" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/9e9a22e7-6384-46c9-a171-af29f7dd3428/IMG00226.jpg Film & TV Archives Rehearsing the Tower Bridge Fight (on a Naval Base in New York City). Swordmaster Richard Ryan was a pleasure to watch and assist... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/5304b5a0-4499-4794-9f70-1b7c2c7026be/IMG00221.jpg Film & TV Archives Mark Strong ("Blackwood") threw himself into the mix and was quickly up to speed with the duel... https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/040394c9-2317-40da-a3ea-cd18800d5958/P1010076.JPG Film & TV Archives That's a wrap! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6499a16d71564c42c8a7ba97/df47e628-bebc-4768-a5b4-dde4131b5db7/my+design+for+SH%27s+wooden+dummy%2C+seen+in+221B+Baker+st+house.JPG Film & TV Archives Wing Chun Easter Egg: Our design for Sherlock's "Wooden Dummy." 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