Why Hollywood Stuntmen Think The Matrix Changed Everything

Wire Staff, SCI FI Wire
Mon, 07/06/2009 - 6:30am

Matrix producer Joel Silver changed the rules of the game and made Hollywood stunt history when he traveled to China to beg reluctant action director Yuen Wo-Ping to choreograph the fighting for the film, according to an informal poll by author Kevin Conley.

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