| Richard
Smedley's Resume:
SPECIAL SKILLS
•
Personal Trainer and Nutritional Coaching.
• Physical preparation
of actors for film, theatre and TV roles.
• Military Technical
Adviser to film and television
• Motivational Coach
• Life Realignment
Management
RECENT FILM
AND TV CREDITS
NEW FILMS FOR 2003/4
DDAY - "ARE YOU TOUGH ENOUGH"
BBC
Production March 04
TROY
Director:
Wolfgang Petersen
Starring Brad Pitt, Eric Banta and
Peter O’Toole
Military technical adviser to the film. Responsible for
training the army of 1200 extras and actors in Malta and
Mexico in the huge battle scenes.
HENRY V -
Royal National Theatre - Starring Adrian Lester
Military technical adviser to the theatre
production. Responsible for choreographing the battle
scenes on stage and training the cast as modern day soldiers.
FIRST DAUGHTER - Starring
Matthew Goode
Responsible for training Matthew to:-
•
Put on muscle definition and mass for his role as an
American secret service agent
•
Work up his fighting skills in preparation for his role.
THE
LIFE AND DEATH OF PETER SELLERS -
Starring Charlie Thereon
Responsible for general conditioning
training for the principal actress
KING ARTHUR
Directed by Antoine Fuqua
Starring Keira Knightly, Ray Winstone
and Clive Owen
Responsible for training all principal
actors for their action roles in the film
CLUBBED TO DEATH
- Music video - Rob Doug an
Click to see the video
on Rob
Dougan site
CHARLOTTE GRAY
Director:
Gillian Armstrong
Responsible for script advice and training of all principal
actors, including Carte Blanchett and Billy Crudup, for
their roles. Trained Cate Blanchett for unarmed combat scenes
Additionally responsible for training French extras as German
Wermacht soldiers and their on set coordination.
HEAT
Director:
Michael Mann
Responsible for leading three- man team, for training principal
actors in variety of military skills, including firearms
training, use of explosives, fire and movement, covert entry
drills and close target reconnaissance of banks. Actors
trained were Robert de Niro, Al Pacino, Val Kilmer and Tom
Sizemore. In addition, worked as personal trainer to with
some of the principal actors including Ashley Judd.
CAPTAIN CORELLI’S MANDOLIN
Director: John Madden
Responsible for script advice, training of all principal
actors and military extras in military skills and procedures
and on set coordination of military action sequences including
the main battle.
FIFTH
ELEMENT
Director:
Luc Besson
Personal trainer to Milla Jovovich for pre- production.
Training included fitness,
gymnastics, dance and fight training.
GET
CARTER
Personal Trainer to Miranda Richardson for pre- production.
MY ZINC BED (Theatre)
Writer:David Hare
Trainer to Julia Ormond for duration of plays run.
MERLIN
Hallmark
pictures
Personal Trainer to Miranda Richardson.
TOMMOROW
NEVER DIES
Director:Roger
Spottiswoode
Personal Trainer to Pierce Brosnan and Michelle Yeoh for
duration of shoot.
LAST OF THE MOHICANS
Director: Michael Mann
Responsible for training Daniel Day- Lewis for his role
as Hawkeye for pre- production and during period of shoot
in North Carolina in the USA- a period of one year. Additionally
trained Madeleine Stowe and Russell Means.
FIRST KNIGHT
Director: Jerry Zucker
Personal Trainer to Richard Gere and Julia Ormond for
duration of shoot in UK.
MISS SMILLA’S -
FEELING FOR SNOW
Director: Bille August
Personal trainer to Julia Ormond for duration of shoot
in Denmark, Greenland, Germany and Sweden.
POP VIDEO- ‘CLUBBED TO DEATH’,
WITH ROB DOUGAN
Choreographed specific running sequences of music video
for BMG entertainment on location in Cape Town South Africa.
Others Trained Individually
| Miranda Richardson |
Fitness trainer to Earth 2000 Project |
| Ed Harris |
The Queen of Malaysia |
| Dougray Scott |
Madeline Stowe |
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MISCELLANEOUS
Author of Best selling fitness and health book, ‘ No
More Mr Fat Guy’.
Contributing Editor to MEN’S FITNESS magazine for 2.5
years.
International syndicated Health and Fitness Writer
Owner of Richard Smedley’s Personal Training Studio
at Tower Bridge, London.
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| Personal
History
1990- 2001 Military technical
advisor to film and television
1986- 1990 Military contract
officer with Sultan of Oman’s Parachute Forces
and other countries.
1976- 1986 Officer (captain)
in British Army’s Parachute Regiment.
References available on request
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Qualifications
Army Officer PTI- Qualified with Army Physical Training
Corps.
Officer Commanding Airborne Forces Physical Selection Course
(2 years)- P Company.
Army Boxing Coach Qualified.
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The Future
Richard Smedley Training LTD is shortly to move to new premises
near Tower Bridge. The gym will still be for Personal Training
but on a larger scale than it is at present. Trainers that
work there are of elite status and include world champion
martial artists and boxers as well as many other disciplines.
Personal Ethos
‘The starting point to changing anyone’s physical
capabilities must always start by training their minds.
Once that is correctly addressed the rest is relatively
easy’.
Parachute Regiment Ethos
‘God is Airborne’ |
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