“I grabbed my nine all I heard was shells – falling on the concrete real fast…”
Wait – it’s not Vanilla Ice. It’s Dolph Lundgren. He’s shooting a movie in my backyard the last week or so and will likely be shooting it around Waxahachie till May at least.
And when I say shooting in my backyard – that’s about exactly where they are.
And today they had an apparent gun fight on Franklin, less than half a block from my crib in downtown Waxahachie.
Pretty cool. I really think someone may have died. Ha.
So who’s Dolph Lundgren you may ask?
Well…
Lundgren attended the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. He received a master’s degree in chemical engineering from the University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, in 1982, and the next year was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to MIT. In New York City he met drama coach Warren Robertson and decided to try his luck as an actor in action movies. Lundgren has a second-degree black belt in karate and is aiming for his third-degree black belt.
Dolph’s motion picture debut came in the James Bond feature “A View to a Kill” in 1985. However, it was his performance in “Rocky IV” later that year that definitely got him noticed. After a 9-month audition process among 5,000 hopefuls, he was cast opposite writer-director Sylvester Stallone, as his Russian opponent, Ivan Drago. Following the success of “Rocky IV”, Lundgren moved to Los Angeles and has since starred in more than thirty feature films. Lundgren portrayed the classic action-heroic lead in such films as Gary Goddard’s “Masters of the Universe”, “Showdown in Little Tokyo” co-starring Brandon Lee, and “Blackjack” by Hong-Kong action legend John Woo.
Two of his “great” quotes from Rocky IV: “If he dies, he dies” and “I must break you.”
Matt said he tried to walk over and get a couple pics of Lundgren today but the zoom on his camera wasn’t strong enough.
They rented a car lot from a friend of mine last week and ransacked his office. He said he thinks they shot scenes from a sexual assault in his office.
From Lundgren’s website:
It’s a modern day western set on an Indian Reservation. Instead of horses, we’ve got motor bikes. I play a mysterious stranger who rides into a small town for the funeral of a Native American friend.
The stranger ends up helping an Indian family against the local thugs, who smuggle drugs and runs the small town.
Soon it becomes clear that the stranger is in town for another reason. As in all westerns, it comes down to revenge and redemption at the end of a gun barrel…
Some other folks involved include “local boy” Joe Martin who I’m not sure if he plays a role in the movie or not, but I do believe he’s providing a few bikes at least. I’ve seen his trailer downtown a couple times now. Joe Martin, from Martin Bros. Bikes in Duncanville, has worked on at least a project or two with my buddy Jose from encounter. Although, truth be known, Jose said that his involvement in the project was minimal as he pretty much just sat and watched as Martin did his work.
Sorry I had to be sure and add this from Master of the Universe:
