Today, Liezl is joined by someone with maybe the most fascinating job you could imagine. Nina Armstrong is a British Hollywood stunt performer and has appeared in huge TV and movie series such as I am Legend, the Bond-movies, The Amazing Spider-Man, Marvel-movies, Fast & Furious, Doctor Strange, Game of Thrones, Mission Impossible, Harry Potter, the list is almost endless. Listen in to In The Spotlight to hear about Nina’s amazing career, what it is like to be a stunts performer and more about what drives her as a performer and as a person. 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Nina’s love of stunt performing is in her blood thanks to her parents who met on the set of Superman where they were both stunt doubles. Nina’s parents were literally Superman and Lois Lane. Her Grandfather also worked as a stunt performer in the old Tarzan movies and her siblings work in the industry too.
• When Nina was young she would double for child actors, often in horse riding scenes. She got her start in the industry through her parents, funnily enough her father also got his start in the stunt world because of his ability to ride a horse.
• Nina's father is Vic Armstrong - the world's most prolific stuntman, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. He was Harrison Ford's double in all the Indiana Jones movies. In 2001, he received a Technical Achievement Academy Award (Oscar) and in 2002 the BAFTA Michael Balcon Award. His memoir My Life as Indiana Jones, James Bond, Superman and Other Action Heroes: The True Adventures of the World's Greatest Stuntman was published in early 2011 which Nina says is a great read!
• As well as being a great horse rider, Nina has learned to be a brilliant stunt driver and has appeared in the Fast and Furious series. It’s not just about crashing cars but precision driving too. Every car you see on the street during a film will have stunt drivers in, as you can’t just use extras.

BEST MOMENTS

‘Stunts run in my blood’

‘I was always the horsey girl but I found that four legs translated well to four wheels’

‘You might get burnt, that’s part of the job’

‘I try and learn a little bit from everyone as I go along’

'At the moment my tunnel vision is on my children - they are only little once'

EPISODE RESOURCES

Nina Armstrong - IMDb

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ABOUT THE PODCAST 

In the Spotlight was born as a platform to share, broadcast and promote the interesting, wonderful and inspiring things that some of the people who crossed Liezl’s path have done. She would love to shine the spotlight on them and share their journeys with you to hopefully inspire you to be the best you, not to give up and to follow your passion or dream.  And in that way, help to make a little difference and share some of the beauty of this world. 

ABOUT THE HOST

Liezl Colditz van Rooyen
Born and raised in South Africa, Liezl followed her dream to see the world at age 23 and twenty years on has now travelled to 50 countries and worked and lived in the UK, Belgium and Saudi Arabia. She is a mum of two boys, a chartered management accountant working in large energy projects, a musician, runner, a world citizen but proudly South African and now a podcaster.The incredible people she has met, the amazing places she has seen and the magic of life she has experienced, inspired her to start this podcast.