Film Fights With Friends
Film Fights With Friends
Film Fights with Friends is the premiere action filmmaking podcast and film festival. Join filmmaker stuntmen Paul Varacchi and Stephen Koepfer on a show that was nominated for Best TV/Film Podcast at the 2025 Podcast Awards and won the Dramatic Action Awards for the past 2 years running! In 2015 Paul and Steve founded Breakfall Studios, New York’s top action design studio. Get a view behind the camera as they sit with industry guests, break down cinematic fight scenes and action sequences, explore the filmmaking craft, and share their own filmmaking journeys. STEPHEN KOEPFER Stunt performer, filmmaker, renowned coach and martial artist. Stephen has stunt doubled for the likes of Jonanthan Banks, Eddie Marsan, Henry Winkler and Tom Hollander as well as performed stunts on productions including Ray Donovan, Caught Stealing, The Beast in Me and John Wick 2 & 3. As a filmmaker, he has produced and directed several narrative films and documentaries that reflect his passion for storytelling. PAUL VARACCHI Martial artist, stunt & motion capture performer, and celebrity chef. Paul has appeared in such shows as Daredevil, The Punisher, Walking Dead: Dead City and World Beyond, The Night Agent and Gotham. Behind the camera, Paul has many years of production involvement in roles ranging from PA to department head including extensive Health and Safety experience at Marvel and Disney. At the age of 8, Paul’s dad took him to see Robocop and the rest is history! ® Film Fights With Friends, LLC
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Oct. 31, 2025

Special Halloween Episode: Eugene the Marine

Special Halloween Episode: Eugene the Marine
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Hank Bedford is the co-writer and director of Eugene the Marine, a genre-bending horror giallo film starring Scott Glenn, Jim Gaffigan, Shioli Kutsuna and Annette O’Toole. The film premiered at the 2025 Oldenburg International Film Festival to standing ovations and high praise for Scott Glenn’s performance, a performance Glenn has called the best of his career. This is Bedford’s second feature film, his first being the critically acclaimed Dixieland (2015). In this interview we dive deep into the homages and influences that contributed to Eugene the marine and Hank’s career as a filmmaker. During his filmmaking career, Bedford was Director’s Assistant on Bennett Miller’s epic wrestling film Foxcatcher (2015), Bedford himself being a lifelong wrestler. He has also worked on such films as David O’Russell’s The Fighter (2013) starring Christian Bale and Mark Wahlberg, as well as Scott Cooper’s Out of the Furnace (2013) also starring Christian Bale.

MENTIONS:

Film Fights With Friends/Breakfall Studios Holiday Work Out, Mixer and Movie Night: https://www.patreon.com/posts/winter-open-and-138453493

Hank Bedford on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2385602/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Eugene the Marine Trailer: https://youtu.be/-gTbjgFzzGk?si=Co9WMlR0uViOYs6w

Eugene the Marine on IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21318684/reference/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

Hollywood Reporter review: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/eugene-the-marine-review-scott-glenn-1236366572/

Variety covers Eugene the Marine: https://variety.com/2024/film/news/scott-glenn-eugene-the-marine-1236186377/

Film Verdict review: https://thefilmverdict.com/eugene-the-marine/#:~:text=Scott%20Glenn%20is%20the%20heart%20and%20soul%20of,anchored%20around%20the%20performance%20of%20the%20octogenarian%20actor.

Scott Glenn on the Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ePpt2IjcIF0

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PRODUCERS

Executive Producers:

Stephen Koepfer

Paul Varacchi

Produced by:

Press Record Studios

-Matthew Kaplowitz

-Richard Butler

-Andrea Levine

http://www.pressrecordstudios.com

Video Editor

Matthew Kaplowitz

Original music by:

Ahrue Luster

Brought to you by Breakfall Studios

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