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Filming the big fight scene in Serenity.
Joss Whedon: It was clear from the start that she was going to be capable of a lot more than you would ever except from an action star, let alone an actor who isn’t one.
Summer: Three months before we started shooting the movie I started going to training everyday. And it was intense. I worked really hard to be able to do the fight scenes myself.
Chad Stahleski (stunt coordinator): I would say Summer is one of the main reasons we took the job just because of her physical abilities, I mean, she had incredible flexibilty, her memory was fantastic. She’s very graceful and she had the ability to pick up new motions very, very quickly.
Joss: It wasn’t like, you know, a lot of heavy cutting, or big wire jump, it was just Summer beating up a bunch of guys and everytime the eleventh take would be faster than the first.
I feel like this is relevant:
That boom-boom-boom with the right arm in the bottom left gif is just beautiful.
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Filming the big fight scene in Serenity.
Image alt text: A series of animated GIFs of Summer Glau rehearsing the fight scenes from SErenity, followed by people...
She’s gorgeous when she moves. And I love the scoring in the final gif. :)