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TonyB

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THE TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS OF A JOHN WOO PIGEON

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    1989. The film 'The Killer' Starring Chow Yun Fat
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    My first feature. It's my first day on set, and I'm a little nervous. This is a big deal for a small town pigeon like myself.
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    Wow, John Woo himself has just walked on set!
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    Mr. Woo wants me and a few others to fly around a church in slow motion. Flying slow mo is my forte. I know I can do this.
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    Mr. Woo had a change of heart, and brought in white doves to replace us. A bunch of hacks if you ask me.
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    1992. The film 'Hard Boiled' Starting Chow Yun Fat
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    Ok, we're set to shoot in a tea house. I was promised screen time by Woo himself.
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    Are you kidding me? Finches!? He replaced me with a couple of no talent Finches!?
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    1993. The film 'Hard Target' Starring Jean-Claude Van Damme
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    Second film with the word 'Hard' in it. Strange.
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    I've never worked with Jean-Claude before. He has a pungent musk and he creeps me out a little. Seems nice enough though.
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    Mr. Woo wants a group of us to flying around an abandoned warehouse. He wants me to crap on one of the henchmen chasing Van Damme. Thinks it'll be funny.
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    I did it. It was awesome.
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    1997. The film 'Face/Off' Starring Jon Travolta and Nicholas Cage
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    I wrote that letter to Alfredo's mother, as promised.
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    But someone loaded real bullets into the henchmen's gun. He fired up and...well....we lost Alfredo today.
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    So all I have to do is walk around John Travolta's feet. Not exactly the dream job but it's still show business.
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    Oh my god. There are like forty of us and Mr. Woo picked me for a stand out role! Me!
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    He wants me to fly in slow motion in front of a painting of the Virgin Mary. I can do this.
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    Nailed it.
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    2000. The film 'Mission Impossible 2' Starring Tom Cruise.
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    Tom seems shorter then I would have thought. Even to me.
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    For today's stunt, a group of us have to fly around Tom as he does a backflip while he kicks some guy in the face.
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    I'm a little nervous....
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    There's fifty of us. Fifty of us! And Tom kicks me out of the air!! Like wtf!?
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    I'm seriously injured. I may never fly in this business again...