08/08/01 Gene's Latest Work

POSTED AUGUST 8, 2001

Coming to a theater near you is "Rat Race" in which Gene was a stuntman that you may just see if they don't leave his part on the cutting room floor. This film has wall to wall talent such as (among others) Whoopie Goldberg, Cuba Gooding Jr.and John Cleese. Gene says this film was great fun to work on as he got to work with "one of the good guys" Cuba Gooding Jr.once again. The 2nd Unit Director was Mickey Gilbert (Nutty Professor I & II", "Liar, Liar" and "Apollo 13") and one of his talented sons Tim was the stunt coordinator. For the couple weeks some scenes were shot in Calgary, Canadian stuntman Walter Scott was the co-coordinator. Gene was the wrestling coordinator while in Calgary, Alberta.

Gene just worked on "Philly", a new weekly episodic drama starring Kim Delaney of NYPD Blue. He played Charlie Broder, a disororiented lawyer who gets "attacked" by an upset little dog who lifted his leg on Gene (who thought he was just doing karate). This show will air in the fall.

Prior to that Gene was doing stunts for "Men in Black 2". He (along with 20 other stuntmen) was in a train that was being eaten by a giant alien worm. Gene will do anything for the cinematic arts!

JUNE: Gene appeared in a short hilarious scene with actors A. Martinez and "Luke" Anthony Geary. Gene plays a dim witted harbor master who gets tossed into the bay by A. Martinez.

MAY: Gene was a stuntman on Robert Redford's latest film "The Castle". 2nd Unit Director and stunt coordinator Mic Rogers you will see in the stuntman's race in November as he is every year without fail. You have seen Mic's work most recently in "The Fast and The Furious", "The Patriot" and "Lethal Weapon 4" which he co-coordinated with Conrad Palmisano of "Rush Hour 2"

APRIL: Tommy Lee Jones' film "Hunted" in which Gene was on as a stuntman along with 30 other stunt people. The stunt coordinator on this film was the legendary Buddy Joe Hooker a veteran of the stunt world who most recently coordinated "Pay it Forward", "Coyote Ugly" and "Man on the Moon". Gene says working for this man has been a pleasure of his for decades.

MARCH: "The Drew Carey Show" playing a wheelchair bound man who spilled coffee on himself. The director Jerry Cohen is a talented man Gene has worked for before on the hit long running tv show "Married With Children"

FEBRUARY: "The 4th Tenor" starring Rodney Dangerfield who Gene doubled. Spiro Rozatos was the stunt coordinator on this film.