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Stuntwoman and Living Legend Debbie Evans

Stuntwoman and Living Legend Debbie Evans

From80s TV Ladies


Stuntwoman and Living Legend Debbie Evans

From80s TV Ladies

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Length:
87 minutes
Released:
Feb 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Could you be a stuntwoman? Find out what it takes.Susan and Sharon are honored to talk with legendary award-winning stuntwoman Debbie Evans Leavitt. In a career spanning six decades, Debbie has risked life and limb in classic television shows and massive blockbuster movies. She talks doubling Stephanie Zimbalist on Remington Steele and what that moment between take-off and crash-landing feels like. Debbie has flipped and fallen and raced in Charlie’s Angels, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, Vega$, ChiPs, The A-Team, Hill Street Blues, Magnum, PI, Cagney & Lacey, CSI, NCIS: Los Angeles, Fear the Walking Dead, Major Crimes, and Criminal Minds.Her many feature films include The Jerk, 1941, Jagged Edge, Heaven’s Gate, Witches of Eastwick, The Ring, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Fight Club and Pineapple Express as well as Matrix: Reloaded and Matrix: Resurrection, this year’s The Batman -- and eight of the ten Fast & the Furious movies including the upcoming “Fast X”.As one of the few women to survive and flourish in one of Hollywood’s most notorious boys' clubs – the world of stunts – Debbie Evans has navigated a treacherous career filled with challenges not limited to high-falls, fist fights and car chases. She takes Susan and Sharon over the hurdles and around the curves of a life that has been fast, furious, deeply rewarding – and never less than thrilling. So buckle-up and grab your crash strap – here we go!THE CONVERSATIONRemembering 37 episodes of “Remington Steele” includingLearning to run “like Laura Holt”Falling from a burning building!Jumping Laura’s VW Rabbit into a pond!Stunting for the guys! Using a fat suit and bald cap to double as Remington and Laura’s nemesis Norman Keyes – and getting punched by Pierce Brosnan!Riding motorcycles with her dad and her first time on a bike (she crashed)Building a Honda 55 step thru piece-by-piece at age 8 (took a year)Having fun on the set of “The Fast and the Furious” films with Michelle RodriquezGetting her first movie gig with Roger Corman on the aptly named “DeathSport”Being mentored by “stunt mom” and veteran stuntwoman Jeannie EpperDoing her first car flip on “ChiPs”Doubling Stepfanie Kramer on Hunter.Taking the wheel of the Cody Coyote on Hardcastle & McCormick.Playing cowboys and guitar with Kris Kristofferson on the set of Heaven's Gate.Being inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 2003 – a dream come true.Susan, Sharon and Debbie talk about crashing, flipping, speeding and Gosling! (Ryan, of course…) as Debbie explains the subtle art of giving people “the respect they don’t deserve”…AUDIOGRAPHYDebbie Evans website -- https://www.debbieevans.comLearn more about women working in the field of stunts at -- https://www.womeninstunts.com/Stunts: The How-To Handbook: Secrets From an Award-Winning Hollywood Stunt Woman by Angela meryl - https://a.co/0e7Pqu5 THE STUNTWOMAN: The True Story of a Hollywood Heroine by David L. Robb and Julie Ann Johnson - https://a.co/3LrHT3i Stuntwomen: The Untold Hollywood Story (Screen Classics) by Mollie Gregory - https://a.co/d/h1ulHFQ Check out the Stuntwoman movie directed by April Wright: amazon.com/Stuntwomen-Untold-Hollywood-Michelle-Rodriguez/dp/B08G9JDQHM For more information or to download a transcript of this podcast, visit our website - 80sTVLadies! Don’t miss out on everything 80s TV Ladies. Sign up for our mailing list!
Released:
Feb 1, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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80s TV Ladies is dedicated to the beloved female-driven shows of the 1980s! Join hosts Susan Lambert Hatem and Sharon Johnson as they talk about the ladies of 80s television, from Laura Holt of Remington Steele to the Golden Girls. We interview special guests, TV makers, creators and stars! Do these shows we hold so dear hold up? Are they truly feminist? Tune in every other week and find out. And tell us your favorite 80s TV Ladies show!