Reclaiming the Blade Page #2

if he set his mind to it.

And that's why he became

a swordsman, I think,

is because the parts that

were getting the publicity

in those days--

sword fighting and stuff--

fighting at the end,

and you know,

Douglas Fairbanks stuff

as it was called in those days.

Then he said,

"Oh, and he was Darth Vader."

He was actually in

Darth Vader's costume

actually doing all

the light saber work.

And I was like...

that sort of struck

a resonance with me, you know.

Oh, Darth Vader, yes.

It's just a cloak and a helmet

that I was underneath it all.

I did choreograph the fights.

I did 3 of those.

It was good work for me.

It became the weapon of choice

in that series of films.

Indeed even, it seems

when somebody's making

a science-fiction movie

and off in space

they can't seem to escape

from the sword.

I wonder why that is?

What is it?

It's your father's

light saber.

This is a weapon

of a Jedi knight.

Not as clumsy or random

as a blaster.

An elegant weapon

for a more civilized age.

To go into the future and

then think about laser swords,

that's brilliant.

Suddenly "Star Wars"

is not just a sci-fi movie,

it's also a modern version

of a hero legend.

"The Princess Bride"

was one of the best fights

and everybody tells me

it was one of the best fights

I've choreographed.

You seem like

a decent fellow.

I hate to kill you.

You seem like

a decent fellow.

I hate to die.

They learned to fight

with left and right hands.

Then why are you smiling?

Because I know something

you don't know.

And what is that?

I am not left-handed.

And then they do it again

when the other guy changes

to his right hand.

I'm not left-handed either.

Johnny is about as good

as you can get.

He can transform what

he learns from someone like me

into a character.

You know what you are doing,

I'll give you that.

Excellent form,

but how's your footwork?

Viggo came running in

from Los Angeles

and I stuck a sword in

his hand and he had to fight

20 stuntmen in almost

the same day as he arrived.

When all the stunties

with their swords at

the other end of the room

and Viggo was standing there

like looking around

like:
What next?

And then all of a sudden

they just charged Viggo

and they're like running towards

him and he's just like...

had his sword up.

Apparently,

that was his initiation.

He didn't run away,

so I think Bob was like:

Okay, I think I can

work with this guy.

He had a lot to learn.

He did, I thought he

did extremely well.

You know, it was hard work

to prepare the fights

and demanding

physically at times.

But it was mostly fun

and it was sort of like

a boyhood dream come true.

You know, I got to

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