Binge Movie Aftertaste w/ April Littlejohn
Actress. Stuntwoman. Author. Former pro wrestler.
No, I am not talking about my lovely returning co-host Jason Morris. Nor am I describing my absent-for-the-week other co-host Johnny Moreno. These many adjectives describe the versatility of April Littlejohn, our special guest this week. Before getting her on the line, I catch up with Morris about what he has been doing. Which when added together with what I’ve been doing, amounts to nothing.
It doesn’t take long to realize the two of us need to get Littlejohn on the line in order to make things interesting, and little did we know just how interesting the conversation would get. We start off talking about how getting into stunt work was the better personal alternative to April as opposed to acting. She then gets major Geek Goddess points by talking about what it was like rehearsing for Quentin Tarantino and subsequently working with Joss Whedon (on Firefly) and JJ Abrams (on Alias). Stories about such things as going to work and jumping off a 650 foot building, as well as massive amounts of respect for Abrams and Whedon and reasons why they are in their current place in the business follow.
Jason and I ask her about her wrestling career as the performer Riot in the all female wrestling organization WOW. Injuries suffered during her career there and how her standing out in the federation caused a bit of in-house friction are discussed, and Littlejohn gives some insight on how a prior stint in diving and doing stunts helped her do such moves as the one shown here.
A little talk about Littlejohn’s current foray into writing is done, and she makes special mention of her book Starlet. She also gives us yet another interesting entry in our series of Queen (King) of Hollywood discussions. We close the interview by talking about April’s view of the current stunt landscape, and how stunts have changed since she was a part of the world. After hanging up with April, Jason and I realize there was a whole world within the business that even we were not aware of. Some talk about Jason’s own dealings with stunt work and the people who do them is done, and we close the show by talking about the premieres Jason attended while he was off the show last week. Wait, was he even invited?!
Check out April’s Amazon profile here. She has written three books with more to follow. We’d like to thank her for coming on and talking to us!
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