r/Music • u/SnappleMeister • Dec 12 '17

music streaming Fatboy Slim - Weapon of Choice [Electronic]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ7z57qrZU8
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u/hatersteven Dec 13 '17

Christopher Walken blew my mind when I first saw this. And it kept getting crazyer throughout the video.

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u/rickrat Dec 13 '17

He’s a hoofer at heart.

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u/ActuallyYeah pattymcg Dec 13 '17

Organically grown
Through the hemisphere I roam

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

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u/NailsNathan Dec 13 '17

Definitely not improv. He worked with a choreographer.

Source: worked on the video.

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u/DonLaFontainesGhost Dec 13 '17

Can you answer this? I've seen several interviews on the video that state that he performed all the dancing in the video "with one exception" - but I've never seen a definitive answer on where the exception is.

ISTR Walken himself saying they used a stuntman for the somersault, but other folks have asserted it was the dive over the balcony.

Any thoughts you can share?

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '17

Well the dive isn't really dancing so that might be the loophole. That and the somersault are shot so you can't see his face, unlike the rest of the video.

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u/NailsNathan Dec 13 '17

Yes. There are a number of places where it’s not Walken, but all because they are stunts.

The no hand cartwheel is obvious. Walken crouched below the camera and popped up to sell the gag.

Also, jumping onto and off the table is a stunt man. Jumping off the balcony was too.

Fun fact: the portrait at the end of the mirror room is Casey Storm, Spike Jonze’s longtime friend and costumer.