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Neil Finnighan
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Aug 2, 2026
PART2: From Battlefield to Blockbuster | The Brutal Reality of Being a Hollywood Stuntman |
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6:29ChrisHOST
[laughs]

Neil FinneganGUEST
Well, str- strangely it's, they put it in a way because y- you know, the, you can't just go, "Right, I'm gonna practice setting myself on fire," or, "I'm gonna practice getting hit by a car," you know, or, or practice falling off a building into some boxes and stuff.

Neil FinneganGUEST
You know, you'll end up getting hurt pretty quickly, you know, if you don't know what you're doing.

Neil FinneganGUEST
So the Stunt Regi- Register does it where they, they give you a load of physical tests like within, within a certain group, like disciplines that you have to have as a bare minimum to then become a probationary trainee stunt person.

Neil FinneganGUEST
So these qualifications, and you have to have a minimum of six, so let's just say for example, mine was, uh, skydiving.
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36:02ChrisHOST
Hmm.
The Ex-Soldier Who Became a Professional Stuntman
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1:00ChrisHOST
I was going to say, what is the one film or TV show that you're kind of most proud of working

Neil FinneganGUEST
I could say there's a tick in the box, isn't there? I worked on Gladiator, Fort Russell, Fort Joaquin Phoenix, you know, or Soundfire, The Arrows, all those things.
PART1: From the Falklands to the Film Set | The Extraordinary Life of a Para, Marine & Stuntman
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20:55ChrisHOST
Is that right?

Neil FinneganGUEST
No, what happened was, I'll try and be brief here because if we want to get onto the Stanty thing and the racing and all that, which is the thing I'm pushing, obviously, the racing, I've mentioned I've got to be brutal and obviously the book and shit like that.

Neil FinneganGUEST
So we did the Falklands, came straight back, and then we were the first unit to go on Northern Ireland training.
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36:37ChrisHOST
So that was the end of the military chapter then?