Thunderbolts* and Sinners stunt performer reveals which film was more pressure

Stuntman, assemble.Stunt performer Joe Dryden can brag that he worked on two of the biggest movies now in theaters.Dryden did stunt work on both “Thunderbolts*” and “Sinners” — and is revealing which film was more strenuous for him.“In my particular role, ‘Thunderbolts*,’ there was just a little more pressure there from a performance standpoint,” said Dryden, who filmed Bucky’s infamous motorcycle scene for Sebastian Stan in the Marvel flick.“I had a different challenge on ‘Sinners,'” he explained.“I am a character, a bad guy.

I get shot and blown up in a truck.I play around in a utility kind of role and the prep in the beginning was a little bit nerve wracking just because I think sometimes I get intimidated a little by people like [director] Ryan Coogler, who’s incredible.”“And when I’m shooting a previs that I have to show somebody like that, that’s a little bit nerve wracking, you know? But he’s so nice that he kind of made the process almost easy,” Dryden said of Coogler, 38.

The stuntman continued, “‘Thunderbolts*’ was more of an, ‘Okay, now I’m in the middle of the desert and everybody’s looking at me and we’ve sold this gag that has to work.'”“I will also say Marvel is like a whole different universe,” added Dryden.“There are so many moving parts.

So many.There is so many people that have involvement and every one of them has such an important role in making this whole thing come together, you know? And it’s an impressive thing to see the final product work because there really are so many hands involved in making it happen.”As for “Sinners,” Dryden wasn’t surprised about the massive success of Michael B.

Jordan’s horror film.“Sometimes you’re on set and you can just feel that there’s a little bit of a different energy, there’s little bit a sauce happening,” he shared.“I was in very early on the prep for ‘Sinners’ just because it shot here in New Orleans and stu...