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The Patrick Coffin Show | Interviews with influencers | Commentary about culture | Tools for transformation

#418: Top Stunt Woman Falls for the Catholic Faith With Brenda L Garcia

The Patrick Coffin Show | Interviews with influencers | Commentary about culture | Tools for transformation

Patrick Coffin

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4.81.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 September 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

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In this episode of The Patrick Coffin Show, Patrick sits down with actress and stuntwoman Brenda Lorena Garcia, whose dozens of TV and movie credits include interacting alongside A-listers like J.J. Abrams, James Cameron, Mark Wahlberg, Jason Momoa, and more. 

Brenda opens up about the unique world of professional stunt performers—the rigorous training, relentless discipline, and deep camaraderie that holds the stunt community together behind the scenes. She shares candid stories of living her Catholic faith on Hollywood sets, from conversations with castmates to the quiet witness of prayer in a high-pressure industry. She also gives her perspective on the growing threat of AI technology in film, which risks replacing not only human creativity but the livelihoods of countless skilled professionals. 

In this wide-ranging conversation, she reflects on Hollywood culture, her own journey as a Catholic in the entertainment business, and why faith continues to anchor her amidst the spectacle of Tinseltown.

 

Key takeaways:

🎬 Behind-the-scenes look at Hollywood stunts and the intensive training it requires

🙏 Brenda’s stories of quietly but powerfully sharing her Catholic faith on set

🤝 The unique brotherhood and sisterhood within the stunt performer community

⚠️ Why AI poses a serious threat to creative professionals in film and television

🌎 Brenda’s reflections on Hollywood culture and navigating it as a practicing Catholic

💡 How faith and perseverance provide stability and clarity in an unpredictable industry

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to this episode of the Patrick Coffin Show. I'm going to talk to a real stunt professional,

0:05.6

and I have to confess that when I was growing up, I was a frustrated stunt man. I watched all the

0:11.2

credits of every TV show and movie I ever watched. I kind of grew up idolizing A.J. Bikunis and Spanky Spangler,

0:17.8

Dar Robinson, to me, the greatest. René Julien, his name was, he was a French stunt driver, Carrie Lofton, who did all the stunt work for the film bullet. So it's a real honor for me to talk to Brenda Lorraine and Garcia. But I want to mention Mypillow.com. If you like a good night's sleep, if you realize that sleep is the key to health, so many things that

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Brenda Lorina Garcia has been in dozens of films as an actress and a stunt performer. She is a remarkable young woman. She has got the fighting mentality for life and faith. And I'm so honored to have her on the show. Brenda, how are you? Patrick, I'm good. Nice to see you. Thanks for having me on your show. Well, when you and I first connected, I was kind of

1:45.0

in awe because I really was a stunt nerd growing up. I was kind of an athletic kid,

1:51.8

although it was kind of on the artsy side. I loved high fall stuff. Growing up in Nova Scotia,

1:57.0

we had lots of chances to take the shovel and build a big pile of snow that we

2:02.3

need beneath it were no chairs or anything. And I would jump off school roofs and my own roof

2:07.2

and do as many summers. That's awesome. But I never brought it to Hollywood to actually do it.

2:14.5

So let me hit the rewind and ask you before we start talking about faith and culture

2:18.1

and the influence of Hollywood. When did you find that you had a proclivity for

2:22.8

having expensive health insurance and jumping off high buildings and being beaten up for a living?

2:29.4

When did this start? I was a toddler. So I didn't know I'd be a stunt woman, you know, but it was very innate in me that when I was just a toddler, as a little kid, I was flipping on my parents' bed. Like, every day, just throwing myself backwards. I was, like I said, like under five years old. And so I had no person helping me, spotting me, and no one teaching me how to do this.

2:55.0

It was just innate.

2:56.0

I was just doing it.

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