Stuntman Mike

And then Kurt Russell shows up.

Kurt Russell, the bad guy, the stuntman Mike, shows up and starts chasing these girls down.

That's right, stuntman Mike.

Stuntman Mike.

And he looks like fucking Dennis McCarthy, actually, with the same shades, the hair.

Yeah, totally.

Okay.

um the jukebox is tarantino's juice is quentin tarantino's own it was trucked to austin to be used in the film in its very own rig the list of songs on it also handwritten by tarantino one of the songs is you never can tell by chuck berry the song whitney and vincent dance to in pulp fiction When Kurt Russell's stuntman Mike looks into the camera with a smile before getting into the Chevy Nova, it's an homage to what Burt Reynolds would do in several movies involving cars.

Yeah, he did do that a lot.

According to director Quentin Tarantino, Rosario Dawson enjoyed the car scenes in The Challenger so much that she requested to be in the car as much as possible during filming, even in shots where she was not visible on camera.

was happening.

Some casting stuff.

Mickey Rourke, Sylvester Stallone, Ving Rhames, Kurt Russell and Australian actor John Jarrett were all considered for the role of stuntman Mike with Quentin Tarantino.

upon the urging of Grindhouse co-director Robert Rodriguez.

We have our second look here, at least on our show, at Stuntman Kurt.

We had, uh, uh, the character in Death Proof, Stuntman Mike.

Is that what it was?

Yeah.

So the whole thing of having like scratchy images and film jumps or film cuts and scrambled things, that did not work so well For a modern audience Which is a shame because this movie is a lot of fun We've got Planet Terror Rose McGowan She's a go-go dancer Who gets involved in the zombie apocalypse In there Josh Brolin is in that movie too as well Yeah, just really enjoy that And then we have the next feature is Death Proof.

And Death Proof is about this group of girls who go out for a night and then their night gets ruined by this crazed stunt driver, Stuntman Mike, played by Kurt Russell.

And of course, that one we had like Jordan Ladd and Vanessa Ferrello.

Rose McGowan plays another role in that one as well.

I think...

This performance in Death Proof in the Grindhouse films, now that I'm thinking about it, I wanna watch that next to Big Trouble in Little China because stuntman Mike, he thinks he's hot shit, but he gets bested by these women who really kick his ass.

And then when he pours the, you know, when he pours the, I don't know, whiskey or something, vodka on his, on his, the bullet wound, and he starts kind of crying.

He's not as tough as he presents himself to be.