Fernando Jay Huerto on Wrestling, Kayfabe, Indie Action, and Live Shows (Action Talks #13)

Jay Huerto is a stuntman, action designer and filmmaker who got his start in the indie action movement, working up from making his own zero-budget films to producing viral YouTube films. He also wrestles, performs in live shows, does stunts in Hollywood films, and you can see him as a performer doing motion capture in games like God of War Ragnarök and Midnight Fight Express. And last but not least, he’s a good friend of mine. You can see his IMDB here: Action Talks on Spotify: Action Talks on iTunes: Telegram: My studio SuperAlloy: Blog: Chapters 0:01:45 Inspirations and influences 0:02:28 Early filmmaking efforts 0:04:21 Jay’s action design process for his indie films 0:06:10 Jay’s wrestling career 0:07:20 Collaborating in wrestling 0:09:25 Universal language of wrestling 0:11:13 The universal language of indie film 0:13:51 Jay’s entry into live shows 0:17:10 The cowboy style 0:19:04 Sentai 0:20:34 HK roots of (some) Sentai 0:22:44 Moving to Hollywood 0:24:46 US vs Indie style fighting 0:25:55 Difficulty doing US style 0:27:42 Choreographing for Camera 0:28:53 When you can’t direct camera 0:33:59 Lucha Libre 0:37:12 Kayfabe 0:40:53 Pakistani Kabbadi 0:41:51 On no-selling in wrestling and warrior society 0:43:25 Americans rooting for the underdog in wrestling 0:45:10 More on Japanese wrestling 0:47:33 Bullet Club - a new heel in Japanese wrestling 0:48:54 Jay’s movement inspiration 0:52:31 Writing good beef 0:52:56 Jake Paul 0:54:22 Social media as mass-kayfabe 0:56:17 On trusting wrestlers before working with them 0:57:07 On knowing which indie guys NOT to work with