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KENT’S CLASSICS: WALTER OLKEWICZ

Kent finally met with Marco from WIZARDS & WARRIORS, otherwise known to the world as the late, great Walter Olkewicz. Walter was born on May 14, 1948 in Bayonne, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), The Client (1994) and 1941 (1979). He died on April 6, 2021 in California, USA.
(bio courtesy of IMDB)

Mr. Stanley, I Presume...

Kent whisks his way up for a fourth-time catch-up with the irrepressible filmmaker from the high mountains, Richard Stanley. Listen in as Richard talks about past, present and future - the wonders and perils of life in The Zone - plus his NEW BOOK and visions of awesomeness in store for all true believers. It's always enthralling when Mr. Stanley's on the line...
CHECK IT OUT:
https://theofficialrichardstanley.com/
https://www.amazon.com.au/Conquest-Planet-Tapes-Straight-Video-ebook/dp/B01EQ4NT62

KENT’S CLASSICS: HUGH KEAYS-BYRNE

Kent sits down to lunch with the Australian acting legend for a final (as it turned out) interview. Hugh Keays-Byrne was born in 1947 in Kashmir, India. In 1973, he moved to Australia, where he began an acting career. He is a well respected theater, film and TV actor in Australia. Hugh became noticed after roles in Stone (1974), Mad Dog Morgan (1976) and The Trespassers (1976). He landed his first leading role in TV film The Death Train (1978), and year later he became internationally well-known for his role of Toe-cutter in highly praised apocalyptic SF film Mad Max (1979).Hugh has continued to work on TV, usually in smaller parts, and he is known for his performance as Mr. Stubb in the mini-TV series Moby Dick (1998) and TV series "Farscape".
(bio courtesy of IMDB)

KENT’S CLASSICS: PETER KENT

Kent on Kent with Kent. First and last time its ever happened, as Arnold Schwarzenegger's stunt man holds court. Born June 23, 1957, in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Peter Kent was predestined to be a thrill-seeker and adrenaline addict. As a young child, raised along the banks of the often treacherous Seymour River, he was shooting rapids and climbing the highest trees available, then letting himself fall through the branches to the ground, or pedaling his bicycle across planks placed 12 feet atop the family's laurel hedge to get the desired adrenaline rush, usually resulting in lacerations and stitches.On another occasion he tried to extract his own loose teeth with a hammer in the family garage. At six years of age his parents divorced and he moved to New Jersey with his mother, a move responsible for the dual Canadian-US citizenship which would come in so useful later in life.Returning again to Canada at age 11, he and his mother ran a local bed-and-breakfast style boarding house while he attended Nanaimo Senior Secondary school on Vancouver Island, and worked in the usual variety of West Coast jobs: Sawmill, salmon fishing, pulp mill, paving crew, bouncer and electronics salesperson in both the towns of Nanaimo and Victoria. He also worked on the road as a sound engineer for various Canadian bands, for five bohemian years.Nearly killed in a terrible motor vehicle accident in the early 1980s, he survived only through willpower. Multiple skull fractures, broken cheekbones, a crushed nose and a fractured jaw transformed his look, some say, to closely resemble actor Arnold Schwarzenegger. This was to prove fateful indeed. In 1984, having done Shakespeare in various local theater groups, he decided to move to Los Angeles to pursue a film career, although he had no previous film experience or acquaintances in Los Angeles. After living in the notorious YMCA off Hollywood's infamous Sunset Strip for a tenuous and outrageous six months, he was taken under the wing of James Cameron to double Schwarzenegger in The Terminator (1984).His minimal stunt experience did not stop him from quickly learning the ropes and becoming one of the most celebrated and highly paid stuntmen in the business. His association with Schwarzenegger lasted 14 films and 13 years, both as friend, workout partner, ski buddy, confidant, chef and dialogue coach. His apprenticeship on 14 of Schwarzenegger's films (from "Terminator" to Jingle All the Way (1996)) has put Kent in a position to understand that genre better than most, and having access to a variety of the best screenplays in Hollywood, was to again prove useful in later years.While making Eraser (1996), Kent was almost killed when he was struck by a three-ton shipping container 100 feet in the air. It was then he decided to pursue a different, less life-threatening line of work, seeing as how he had been injured in some way during nearly all of Schwarzenegger's pictures.He has studied with several different Los Angeles-based drama groups, but his longtime coach has been Zina Provendie, former head of MGM's drama department for 26 years, and coach to James Dean in Giant (1956), as well as Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra (1963). After a 14 year absence, Kent returned home to Vancouver,BC, where he met the love of his life, a nurse, Marcia Kent. The two were engaged in Venice,Italy in December of 2005 and married in Victoria, BC in August of 2007. Currently, they are expecting twin boys in the fall of 2009.Kent has been interviewed in numerous publications, including "Entertainment Tonight","Extra", "People Magazine", Germany's "Der Stern", as well as London's "Daily Mirror", "The New York Times", "Dallas Star", "Los Angeles Times" and hundreds of TV and radio stations worldwide. In June 2009, Kent was inducted into the "Hollywood Stunt-man's Hall of Fame."
(bio courtesy of IMDB)

KENT’S CLASSICS: MARCO KYRIS

Kent gets as close as he may get to Nicolas Cage, by wearing out the ear of his former stand-in. Marco Kyris was born Evrimahos Kyriakakis in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on Oct 14th, 1961. His parents were both Greek immigrants who met through an arranged marriage in 1958. His father owned and managed a Greek variety store while his mother was a homemaker. Marco Kyris, along with his two siblings, were raised in a non-english speaking home.At an early age, Marco recognized his disparate social and cultural status through American pop television and culture. Failing in school, he adopted an entertainer's persona and began thinking of a life as an actor.After his sojourn in Paris during his early 20's, he moved to LA and began studying acting at the Beverly Hills Playhouse. He landed a few bit parts, but worked primarily in the restaurant industry. He returned to Toronto in the early 90's.He was waitering and receiving work through an extras agency when he was asked to stand in for actor Nicolas Cage on the film "Trapped in Paradise". Unbeknownst to him, this would land him a long time working relationship with Mr. Cage and help springboard him into the A-lister culture of Hollywood.Marco worked as Mr. Cage's stand in for 10 years and then began working full-time investing and renovating properties in Toronto. He is now producing a podcast called "Babble, Bullshit, and Beyond", along with other projects.
(bio courtesy of IMDB)

I’ll be JUGGERED!

Kent stumbles on the unearthing of one his all-time favorite, post-apocalyptic action/adventures like never before. Aaron McCann and Kristan Angel share a passion for the 1988, Oscar-winning David Webb Peoples directed The Salute of the Jugger (aka The Blood of Heroes). So much so, they've progressively excavated a veritable feast for fans of this movie...with words from an incredible meeting and friendship with the film's writer/director...to never-before-seen behind the scenes material. THE JUGGERS ARE COMING is a documentary that needs to exist! You can jump in and be an honest Jugger by lending your support to his phenomenal film in the making...
 
CHECK IT OUT:
https://documentaryaustralia.com.au/project/the-juggers-are-coming/
https://youtu.be/rOqApEuKsOo

The ESSENCE of Persistence

Kent calls up his screenwriting and film-making buddy, Jeff Kacmarynski for a pow-wow about what's going on with the movies, alongside what's going on with his long-suffering, Lovecraft-inspired passion project....ESSENCE. Jeff spills the beans, together with his hopes, dreams and aspirations for his upcoming debut feature...
 
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/284592825998549/
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5715846/

The KRULL Show: Special Edition

Kent gushes alongside Mark Silverman (son of Ron Silverman, the producer of KRULL) about his favorite movie of ALL TIME! Listen in for never-before-heard behind the scenes secrets from that magical realm located light years beyond your imagination. Plus, stay tuned after the wrap-up for Kent’s original interview with Ron Silverman…
 
CHECK IT OUT:
https://youtu.be/ndpV6qfQJVw