Bobby holland hanton biography of michael

Three storeys up. It was the balcony jump with one to the other of a distance around 7 meters. I was jumping from high to low. There were no safety cables, no safety mats just due to the fact that camera angle was over my shoulder. Once I left they wanted to follow me as much as they could. They wanted to pan down and see the street.

Bobby holland hanton biography of michael

Yes, this is exactly what we did. In Pinewood Studios we rehearsed on stage at floor level. We had the exact measurements and dimensions of the actual jump and the balcony. We did it at floor level first to make sure that the distance was achievable. So it was psychological battle. It was a challenge I was very much up for doing.

I felt like massive point approved being so young at my first job and I was quite lucky that I had background in gymnastics. I did a lot of jumping and springing, a little bit of long jump. I knew that it was a skill of mine that worked well and I did a big jump. We went to rehearse it in Panama. We built a scaffolding and put some safety to make sure that it was durable.

So it was all done in a safe process. We wanted to make it as safe as possible, because what we were doing could be very dangerous. I rehearsed that twice with the safety. We executed it twice and we went home. I was very, very happy young man. I was at similar height and build to Neil Jackson, the actor that Bond fights in the room with knife, so I was fighting against Daniel and Ben Cooke.

I did that fight. I helped with some of the fights and shot some of the fight sequences there. I went there and I did it. After that I went to Pinewood Studios to finish up the movie for a further three or two and a half months. I met some very close friends of mine to this day on that show, on that team and some inspirational people and some people who helped me very much long away learning the craft and learning the skill though.

Now I know that they were built on scaffoldings just for the movie. Lots of the location was practical. I wanted to be a professional soccer player. I loved the physicality of the sport and I loved to train. However, soccer was always my passion, and then I found myself just enjoying the regimented training and working out. It took its toll after a while, and I found out ultimately that I had sciatic nerve damage.

I needed to have two operations on my back, one of which was an emergency surgery, and it took about 9 months to regain full strength. Prince of Persia was very physically challenging in that it was very acrobatic heavy. When I was doing The Huntsman , I did a 45 foot jump onto a rooftop. Then there was a second shot where I had to then tumble down the roof.

But each movie or stunt has its own challenge to overcome—when I started on Game of Thrones , I was a man on fire in one of the episodes. After lunch, I go to my first training session of the day, then back to work in the afternoon. I still train twice a day. I did a balcony jump in Panama. It was my first ever stunt on film, shot at 2 in the morning and I was jumping from one balcony to another with no wires or nets.

That was my first ever foot high fall. In the scene when Christian Bale as Bruce Wayne is climbing out of the pit Bane left him in, he jumps across to a ledge but misses it. That was my first ever high fall stunt. I was chasing a plane, running on a giant running machine and I get closer, catch the ladder and go through the door. I was a Snatcher running through the woods and I was also a Death Eater with a fake wand, doing a backflip over some stairs after I was hit with a spell.

I was sitting in a tux at a table when a CGI monster came through the room. The episode provided an in-depth look at Hanton's career, exploring the physical and mental demands of being one of Hollywood's top stuntmen. Beyond the screen, Hanton is a Battle Cancer charity ambassador and a passionate advocate for stunt performers' recognition in the film industry.

He continually strives to highlight the contributions of his peers, pushing for greater visibility and appreciation for the hard work and risks taken by stunt professionals. His efforts have inspired a new generation of stunt performers, eager to follow in his footsteps. In he published his first book the Adventures of Eddie and Flip boy which was well received and continues to spread a positive and inspiring message to young readers.

Bobby is a keen fitness advocate which has led to his collaborations with the popular Centr app. He is also a co-founder of the Move Forward gym which provides training to those in cancer recovery.