Gabriel Basso hit pretty hard upside down in Season 2 -Fight Scene

When it comes to The night agentGiving it all is nothing new to Star Gabriel Basso, who plays Peter Sutherland, a former FBI agent at low-level, which was about Netflix Political Action Thriller. Since Season 1, the 30-year-old actor has been obliged to do so many of the stunts and appear in as many of the action-packed sequences as possible.

“I did all the matches,” Basso told Former People about Season 1, revealing that only the “really gnarly things” were left to his stunt practitioner who “would step in and do some of the line rigging and fall.”

Season 2 is no different for the actor who was obliged to create a trouble -free viewing experience for the audience – which means he did everything he could, especially when it came to these brutal fight sequences. “I want to do it for the audience’s immersion factor,” he tells people prior to the release of Nat agent‘s latest episodes.

When it comes to the intense fighting scenes, one of the prominent moments in section four (“Desperate Goals”, written by Anayat Fakhraie and directed by Adam Arkin) will take place. Without destroying too much, Peter Undercover goes as a catering employee while infiltrating a diplomatic gala. But the spy is suspended by the enemy and ends up in a basement with a group of henchmen who were destined not to let him go without a fight.

Gabriel Basso movie ‘The Night Agent’ Season 2.

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According to Netflix, Basso originally read the manuscript and it didn’t sound like anything special. But then there was an unexpected John Wick Connection that raised it to something really cool.

With handheld camera work by the same camera operator who worked on John WickThe audience is in the middle of the action as Peter and the other guys throw each other around a tight room, deliver battles and throw each other in walls and other objects in the room.

Having someone who has previously worked on Keanu Reeves-led action film franchise and knew where to be and how to move within that moment improved both on-set production and the final product. “It makes it a better experience,” Basso says people, adding that when it came to get the shot, “there was a minor thing you have to worry about.”

“Stuntmen lies their bodies on the line. I put my body on the line to some extent. And then the camera has to do his job well,” the actor continues, noting that “they all crushed it.”

He continues to praise the camera team and says, “You have to see these guys work with handheld – when they hold cameras – it’s crazy. They’re on the ground and they stand in it and it’s crazy.”

Basso adds, “It’s just really cool to work with people who are really good at their jobs.”

Gabriel Basso in ‘The Night Agent’ season 2.

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While the actress is working with the stunt team and the combat coordinator to make sure every sequence happens without problems, Basso is still getting nervous about each one – and has taken some hard hits along the way.

“I always get a little nervous before matches,” he says, explaining that battles in real life (“and I’ve had a few of these”) is “not as nerve wrapping as false matches for me for some reason. Just Because there is so much more that goes into it and to hurt the person is actually not what you want to do and you have to be able to repeat it.

He notes, “There is much more to think about in a stunt match.”

Sometimes someone sometimes falls or someone swings too hard. And as a result, “People are being beaten up,” Basso says, explaining, “The style of the match on the show is definitely pretty visceral, like heavy. We throw each other around, we hit things.”

While they puzzle up, “you take these hits. You know, slam each other in cabinets and throw each other in tables,” he says, revealing that when it comes to that scene in section four, “I hit my head beautifully hard, then I kicked back from that thing in the basement fight.

“But you’re just getting up and you’re treating it like a fight. And if you’re in that headspace,” this is a battle, “You won’t call clips and say,” Ouchie. “You just roll it kind of with it and hope it plays,” he continues.

Gabriel Basso in ‘The Night Agent’ season 2.

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While Brasso did as much as he was allowed to do on sets, there were some stunts that production said no to – and that was his stunt double, Josiah Nolan, who also worked with John Wickstepped in. Such an example is when Peter scales the exterior of a building in New York City.

“Obviously his job is to be stuntman and take hits that insurance has not considered to be safe for me to take,” explains Basso, noting that “there is an dependence on each other and there is a confidence in, What happens where he knows I’m trying not to put him out of a job for my own ego.

When it came to the roof jump from a warehouse, it was a fall of 25 to 30 feet. “If I didn’t land on the little outcropping there, it could have been bad,” says the actor, explaining that he was working with Nolan and stunt coordinator Chris Cenatiem to make sure it was safe to do. ”

“They had run through it and they were like ‘are you doing well to do this?’ And I was like ‘yes.’ So they let me do it.

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The night agent Season 2 Premieres Thursday, January 23 only on Netflix.