DJ T
Highlight Bits & Quotes
7The Pride Adjustment and Practical Transformers
Champ Sergeant describes his gruesome injuries from a railroad spike and the lack of 'pride adjustments' in modern stunt work. Trev 'Big T' Dinkle claims Michael Bay's Transformers are entirely practical, including the robots.
"I go through eight shirts a day. I'm always oozing something."
"So when the cars are turning into robots and stuff? That's all practical."
"Michael Bay, the Bay guy, he loves T, which is me."
Rush Hour 2 Mattress Mishap
Curtis Suzuki explains how he ruined a high-stakes explosion shot in Rush Hour 2 by accidentally landing safely on Tempur-Pedic mattresses instead of being 'shredded' as intended.
"It sent me straight down a hallway into just a room filled with Tempur-Pedic mattresses."
"I signed something that said I'm okay with it. I'm good to die for a film."
The Teacher-Stunt Performer Pipeline
DJ T reveals her close relationship with a teacher who promised her stardom, leading to a discussion about the romantic overlap between stunt performers and educators.
"When you go to a stunt bar, it's half a teacher bar."
"What is so wrong with me that I'm constantly dating teachers?"
The Petite Window Slide Stunt
April Shaun describes a hyper-specific stunt involving sliding through a partially open car window, driving into the ocean, and sliding back out.
"I make my body so petite I go through the window."
"I'll pitch that to the movie Kid Heist."
The Great Stunt Escape
A gunman interrupts the podcast, prompting the performers to use their 'stunts'—including space parkour and being shot out of a gun—to escape the studio.
"We should use our stunts to get them out of here!"
"Put me in your gun!"
The Jenna Ortega COVID Handshake
DJ T describes her most dangerous stunt: shaking hands with Jenna Ortega on top of Mount Everest while Ortega had COVID, requiring specialized immunity exposure training.
Roundtable Roll-Call: The Unsung Heroes of Stunts
The panel introduces themselves, featuring a specialist in germaphobe handshakes, a performer who only plays children, and a man whose face was permanently flipped upside down by doctors.
"I primarily specialize in doing handshake stunts for Hollywood's germaphobes."
"They just had to take my whole forehead and flip it upside down."
"I'm petite and I won't let you forget it."