Film Fights With Friends - Season 2 / Episode 2 | Tim Gallin

Tim Gallin began his quest to perform in feature films and TV after attending CW Post College on Long Island, NY. His first professional job came by way of the Gong Show in August of 1978. He was a contestant on an Elvis Presley special because Chuck Barris was a fan of The King. After seeing his old high school football coach, Vic Magnotta performing in Taxi Driver, Tim picked up the phone and gave him a call. Magnotta was a stuntman, retired special forces soldier, and Vietnam veteran who became close friends with Martin Scorsese while attending NYU. That fateful phone call created for Tim an opportunity to play football in the film The Wanderers. Through Magnotta’s continued offers to perform stunts, Tim met many of the people he would collaborate with over the next 45+ years. When asked about a favorite fight scene he performed in, the Marked for Death fight from the classic film F/X (1986) was Tim’s immediate response – and is the starting point of this interview that covers some of Tim’s epic experiences in the industry including stunt doubling Tom hanks on Splash and Steve Martin on Only Murders in the Building. Tim’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0302941/?ref_=ext_shr_lnkMENTIONSF/X Trailer: https://youtu.be/ihsrN34WkME?si=EtOWzJFZos2zeCsQ Marked For Death fight scene from F/X:  https://youtu.be/_KzpueROmto?si=70ABXgw4BnPfTqO5 The absurd life of a 61-year-old veteran Hollywood stuntman: https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/columnists/christopher-maag/2017/12/07/veteran-hollywood-stuntman/762876001/Vic Magnotta imdb: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0536312/?ref_=ext_shr_lnkTAMMFF Film Freeway: https://filmfreeway.com/TAMMFFFILM FIGHTS WITH FRIENDSDo you listen to our show as an audio podcast? Give video atry. Subscribe to our Youtube for the video version with awesome behind thescenes pics and video! https://www.youtube.com/@FilmFightsFriendsPod?sub_confirmation=1 Dig the show? Consider supporting our Patreon. There are somecool perks! http://patreon.com/FilmFightsFriendsPodcast  Join our e-mail list! Hit us up here: [email protected]: http://instagram.com/FilmFightsFriendsPodFacebook: http://facebook.com/FilmFightsFriendsPod Steve’s Instagram: Instagram.com/sambosteve Steve’s IMDB: http://imdb.me/stephenkoepferPaul’s on Instagram: http://Instagram.com/KravMagaChefPaul’s IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm8062990/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1Breakfall Studios’ Instagram: http://Instagram.com/breakfallstuntsOUR SPONSORSPRODUCERSExecutive Producers:Stephen Koepfer Paul VaracchiProduced by:Press Record Studios- Matthew Kaplowitz - Richard Butler- Andrea Levinehttp://www.pressrecordstudios.com Video EditorMatthew Kaplowitz Original music by:Ahrue LusterBrought to you by Breakfall Studios®Film Fights With Friends LLC