Marvel’s Moneymaker Sisters: Stuntwomen Who Bring Superheroes to Life

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🗓️ 13 July 2021

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Meet two of the best stuntwomen in Hollywood: Heidi and Renae Moneymaker. You’ve seen them in Avengers: Endgame, Ant-Man and the Wasp, and now, Black Widow, to name a few. The Moneymaker sisters take us through the bumps and bruises that come from being real life superheroes as stuntwomen. Heidi has helped craft the character of Black Widow with Scarlett Johnasson, as her stunt double for the last decade. And Renae was Brie Larson’s stunt double in Captain Marvel, among others. The Moneymaker sisters have faced the greatest villains on-screen, and tell us how two skilled gymnasts went from formal floor routines to getting hit by cars, dodging explosions and diving off cliffs. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So I know you guys are sisters.
0:08.0	I know that you're both two of the best stunt women working in Hollywood,
0:12.0	and I know that you moneymaker sisters generally do work solo,
0:16.0	but there is one particularly epic fight scene that you did do together, right?
0:23.5	We did get the opportunity to do Captain Marvel together, and Renee, correct me if I'm incorrect,
0:29.8	but I believe the coordinators went to Renee and said, hey, we're going to do this fight on a train.
0:33.8	Who do you want to fight?
0:34.5	And she said, Heidi.
0:38.1	You've seen Heidi and Renee Moneymaker work before, even if you didn't realize it. In Captain
0:44.3	Marvel, for instance, they fought on that moving train with Renee doing stunts for the titular
0:49.6	superhero and Heidi doubling for the alien villain, who happened to be disguised as an elderly woman.
0:57.0	And they basically put her face on mine and put me in a body suit and a dress and stuck me on the train and I was undercover and Captain Marvel comes on the train and she knows that I've transformed into this old lady,
1:14.3	but she comes up and just punches me in the face.
1:20.5	And then we have this pretty fun, epic fight in the train.
1:28.3	It's one of the most famous punches
1:29.9	in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, for the record.
1:35.2	Yeah, it's very jarring.
1:38.0	Yeah, when they put that in one of the first trailers,
1:41.0	it was shocking.
1:43.1	Like, what is this movie going to be rated?
1:46.0	Definitely a wow factor moment.
1:47.8	What was so funny about that, that not very many people would be able to see this.
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