BPS 325: Vampires, Stunts, Bloodsuckers & Netflix with JJ "Loco" Perry

JJ "Loco" Perry spent the last 25 years as a Stunt Coordinator and
Second Unit Director, directing and designing action for talent
such as Dwayne Johnson, Tom Hardy, Jason Statham, Keanu Reeves and
Will Smith. A member of the prestigious 87Eleven Action Design,
Perry previously collaborated with directors such as Ang Lee,
Justin Lin, Chad Stahelski, F. Gary Gray, Spike Lee and Paul Feig –
which prepared him for his feature directorial debut on DAY
SHIFT.

Perry has trained additional actors for stunts such as Gina Carano
(HAYWIRE), Gerard Butler (300), Milla Jovovich (ULTRAVIOLET), Hugh
Jackman (X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE) and Kiefer Sutherland (“24”).
He’s also worked with Joss Whedon on ANGEL and FIREFLY and Mike
Norris on WALKER, TEXAS RANGER.Perry was nominated for a SAG Award
in 2009 for Outstanding Performance by a Stunt Ensemble for IRON
MAN and nominated for a World Stunt Award in 2013 for SAFE and won
in 2004 for Best Overall Stunt in THE RUNDOWN.After graduating high
school, Perry served in the Army’s 82nd Airborne Corps. He started
his martial arts training in 1975 and began stunt-work after he got
out of the Army. He has had over 24 years of martial arts training
and has a 5th-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do, a 2nd-degree on
Hapkido and has experience with all kinds of weapons. He got his
black belt for Tae Kwon Do at the age of 12 and competed from the
age of 7 till 24. Besides martial arts, Perry is also skilled in
cycling, rodeo and weightlifting. He is the co-founder of Taekwondo
West martial arts schools in Inglewood, California, and Venice,
California.

J.J. PERRY’s directorial debut, DAY SHIFT, is an
action-comedy that begins a new franchise for Netflix starring
Jamie Foxx, Snoop Dogg and Dave Franco. DAY SHIFT follows a
hard-working blue-collar dad (Fox) who just wants to provide a good
life for his daughter. But his mundane San Fernando Valley pool
cleaning job is a front for his real source of income, hunting and
killing vampires as part of an international union of vampire
hunters. Take a quick inside look on the making of Day Shift.

Enjoy my conversation with JJ "Loco" Perry.

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