#186: The Stunts of Bond with Vic Armstrong

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4.8 • 688 Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2020

⏱️ 96 minutes

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Summary

We are joined by an all-time legend on this week's episode of James Bond Radio.

The world's greatest stuntman, Vic Armstrong tells us all about his work on Bond (and beyond) over the years. From his first Bond appearance as a volcano ninja in You Only Live Twice, to doubling Bond in Live & Let Die, leaping off castle walls on horseback in Never Say Never Again, and many more. You'll hear the unlikely inspiration behind the Thames boat chase from The World is Not Enough. You'll hear stories of nasty injuries picked up in the line of duty, a Bond idea that made it into a non-Bond movie, and even Vic's thoughts on THAT scene from Die Another Day.

All this and more on this week's episode of James Bond Radio.

Note: A big thank you to Robert Sellers for helping put together this interview.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, this is Roger Moore and you're listening to James Bond Radio.
0:05.6	Hello and welcome to this week's edition of James Bond Radio. This week we are joined by an all-time
0:12.7	legend. That is of course Mr. Vic Armstrong, stuntman extraordinaire. He's going to be joining us for a
0:18.8	nice lengthy chat telling us all about his time
0:21.5	working on Bonn and a few other things as well. Now, before we get cracking, big thanks to Robert
0:26.5	Sellers, who eagle-eared listeners would have noticed at the end of our interview with him a few weeks
0:31.8	back. He said he'd get in touch with Vic Forrest, and that's exactly what he did. And that's
0:36.0	how today's episode has come about. It's thanks to Robert Sellers. So big shout out to Robert. Thank you. JBR salutes you, my good man.
0:42.9	And of course, what you also want to do is get a copy of the book, The True Adventures of the
0:48.3	World's Greatest Stunt Man, which is obviously Vic's book. And you'll notice there, it's written with Robert Sellers.
0:55.1	So there you go.
0:56.2	Make sure you go and grab a copy of that because it's bloody brilliant.
1:01.2	Okay, then, so without further ado, I'm going to chat to...
1:05.0	Oh, you know what?
1:05.5	Actually, let me give somebody a quick call.
1:07.8	I know somebody who would be interested in talking to Vicks, so let me just give me a quick call. I know somebody who would be interested in talking to Vic, so let me just give me a quick call one second.
1:19.4	All right, mate.
1:20.1	How's it going?
1:21.3	Hello, bud.
1:22.0	You're all right?
1:22.7	Yeah, not too bad.
1:23.8	Not too bad.
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