July 3, 2025

205: Rebellions Are Built On Previz

Show Notes

Mark Stanton-Kelly is a London based fight coordinator, stunt performer and lead stunt double with all round onset experience and skills. Mark is experienced and known for his ability to shoot and edit previz for feature films and television. He has a varied background in martial arts, is experienced in actor training and teaching fight choreography. Among the numerous productions Mark has coordinated fights for are Black Mirror, The Agency, Meg 2: The Trench, Ant Man and the Wasp: Quantumania and the upcoming Cliffhanger. As a previz shooter Mark has worked on Gangs of London and Treadstone. His very long list of credits as a performer includes Games of Thrones, Rocketman, Wonder Woman, Snatch, Kick-Ass 2, A Good Day to Die Hard and Thor: The Dark World. Any Star Wars fan would be envious of the productions Mark Has been Part of. As a performer, has appeared in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Solo: A Star Wars Story and Season 1 of Andor. The starting point for this interview is Mark’s incredible fight coordination and previz work on seasons 1 and 2 of Andor.

Mark’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5356734/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Mark’s Instagram: http://instagram.com/project44action

British Stunt Register Page: https://britishstuntregister.com/member/mark-stanton-kelly/

MENTIONS

Mark’s Viral Video - https://youtu.be/bCXmKbioA8s?si=Vb2EY_nujIwLUWwp

Andor S 1, Ep 6 The Escape Scene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mR7bHyVvGdY

Andor behind the scenes (Mark filming Previz at 00:40) - https://youtu.be/gSW-pARyP-M?si=cHX2HQewD8EV4z1A

Meg 2 container Ship fight scene (viz'd part starts at 2:00)

– https://youtu.be/V7Ug1QA3Ak0?si=3L2Z68hjtHaT74cI

Andor S2 trailer (some of Mark’s action shown after 00:55) - https://youtu.be/duN-KQgOjYs?si=W3KrPd_pTdapnIF4

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PRODUCERS

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