EXCLUSIVE: Craig Macrae Talks About Choreographing Action in Pathaan and Jawan: “Shah rukh khan blew me away me as he’s an amazing person; He can deliver at a moment ‘
Craig Macrae, a distinguished action director and stunt coordinator with over two decades of experience, has made a Made a mark in both in both hollywood and bollywood. He worked on Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) as a stunt double and performer and in bollywood, he has served as an action director in Pathaan (2023), Jawan (2023), Bade miyan chote miyan (2024), etc. In an exclusive interview with Bollywood hungamaCraig spoke about his experience of working with shah rukh khan in Pathaan and Jawan,
Exclusive: Craig Macrae Talks About Choreographing Action in Pathaan and Jawan: “Shah rukh khan blew me away me away as he’s an amazing person; He can deliver at a moment ‘
Craig Macrae Began by Saying, “Pathaan was an incredible experience. The team at YRF (Yash Raj Films) was very awesome. Adi Sir (Aditya Chopra) was very trusting of me as I had worked in his films before as a fight choreography and a stunt coordinator. I did most of the action Scenes in the film. It was my first experience working with shah rukh khan and what an incredible experience it was! He blew me away as he’s an amazing person. He’s always very well prepared and diligent about being on set on time. He gives his project his all. “
He Continued, “The Pathaan Experience was especially incredible as we had free reign to do as much action as we wanted to and to be as creative as we’d like. That’s Fairly Rare; Usually, we are kept controlled by the producers who make sure that they do’t spend too much. But on PathaanWe get a lot of time to develop action and hence, the overall experience was amazing. “
When asked how differentt Jawan was from PathaanHe replied, “It was very difference because it was my first time working with a south director (atlee). He’s also ankredible guy. Wants to Produce. Stuff and very big action. It was on a grand scale. “
He further praised Shah Rukh Khan Saying, “Yet Again, Working with Shah Rukh Sir was an absolute breeze. He knows what he’s there to do. Him. He can deliver at a miant. ABSORB New Notes and Build into his physicality and performance on a moment’s notice, which is very unique. “
When asked about his journey in a nutshell, Craig Macrae Said, “The journey has been insane. I love working here. IT’s a high-paced, a lot of death a lot of death Dedicated people. Characters. Hence, The Experience has been fun. “
The vfx has changed the ball game for action. Actors don’t need to perform action the way they did in the past. On this, He Reveled, “The VFX and I have been changing the industry constantly. It is literal changing things by the month. People in our Industry. Anymore Mad Max: Fury Road Back in the day. The Emphasis on that movie was that we did everything as practical as possible. They wanted to avoid using too much vfx. That was a lot of fun thought it was also quite challenging. There are still many elements that we still do practically and try to make the audience realize that it’s as real as poses. Hence, it’s a bit of a balance act – setting the new techniques and using them and at the same time ensuring that we don’t lose our roots and start doing the practical things that we know the audines. “
Also read: John Abraham Recalls Shah Rukh Khan Pretending to like his protein past on pathaan sets; Says, “Later, he admitted that it tasted like cardboard stored in a refrigerator”
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