The Business Side of Stunts with Noelle Kim. She is the CEO of Stunt Contact and President of Stunt Access, and shares what she’s learned over the years in this industry. Functioning as an agent to action professionals, assistant to stunt coordinators, and taking on two major platforms to keep the hustle flowing.

You can see and hear the passion and knowledge that flow through her as we discuss etiquette for performers, how it differs for actors compared to stunts, networking, the digital hustle era (and how to make the most of it), and SO much more!

Websites mentioned:

www.stuntcontact.com

www.stuntaccess.com

www.stuntlisting.com

Chapters

0:00:00 Preview

0:01:06 Awards for stunts and Introduction

0:04:30 How signing up for stunt contact gives you more than you expect

0:09:00 Getting responses from coordinators and how to track them

0:15:00 How your acting headshot might not work for stunts

0:16:15 Height and weight listing

0:23:30 How to stand out in the digital hustle era

0:29:00 Mental and physical aspects of a stunt performer

0:35:00 Noelle's insight from being an Assistant to the Stunt Coordinator

0:45:00 What to know when you do stunts and act

0:49:00 How speed of production impacts submission timelines

0:54:00 Watch what you promise when submitting

01:04:30 Exploring Stunt Access and Stunt Contact for performers

01:09:00 Hustling stunts vs auditioning as an actor

01:15:00 How classes don't make you an expert... yet

01:16:55 Skills to become your own "agent" for stunts

01:26:30 Excitement of making it on all fronts

01:33:10 Beach Bash 2026 and networking skills

01:42:20 Over and Underselling skills and what to focus on

01:51:00 Closing words

Fellow mixed girl and stuntwoman, Selene Hara Shankle, is on the mic with me today. Selene is half-white and half-Japanese, lives and trains in Los Angeles, and is breaking down her routine, habits, and how she uses a no-pressure, go-with-the-flow mentality while navigating her career.

Chapters

0:00:00 Preview

0:00:37 Introduction

0:03:30 Origin Story

0:09:30 The right Training

0:15:00 The right Mindset

0:20:00 Finding your Learning Style

0:25:00 Training-Life Balance

0:30:00 Planning and Priorities

0:45:00 The right Work/Training Combo

0:50:00 Training and Recovery

0:54:00 Dreams and Goals

01:03:00 Plan B?

01:24:56 Stunt Bag

01:29:00 Closing Words

Eric shares how being a generalist might just be the best thing to be when getting into motion capture, as long as you have this one ability...! We also talk about the process of casting for mocap and the difficulties, even after you've made a name for yourself. Eric is a stuntman, mocap performer and coordinator, co-owner of Superalloy Interactive Mocap Studio, and host of the Action Talks with Eric Jacobus podcast.

Eric's Book: "If These Fists Could Talk: A Stuntman's Unflinching Take on Violence" available on Amazon

Eric's Podcast: Action Talks with Eric Jacobus

Everything else about Eric: https://ericjacobus.com/

Chapters

0:00:00 Preview

0:00:39 Introduction

0:02:42 Origin Story

0:20:00 Tekken & Content Creation

0:27:35 Eric’s Podcast & Book

0:31:00 Why and how Mocap?

0:36:00 How to get in?

0:43:00 Video Game Movements

0:56:10 Auditioning for Video Games

1:03:10 Casting & Skills for Video Games

1:09:45 If you would do it all over again…

1:14:31 Stunt Bag & Closing