THE SHOOTER / Hidden Assassin - 1995

Director: Ted Kotcheff
Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Maruschka Detmers, John Ashton, Assumpta Serna.

DOLPH'S THOUGHTS:
In 1994, I was off to Prague to shoot this picture. Ted Kotcheff directing in a cast of European and American actors all of which where a very good ensemble cast to work with.

Czechoslovakia was interesting; it had just become a free country after communism. It was still very rough and undeveloped. We got to shoot on a lot of famous locations like Havels Palace, and many other architectural landmarks. I'm interested in history, so that was quite a treat.

There was a fight scene, almost half way through. I throw a back kick on this other character. You have to spin around and kick. We shot this late at night, and I wasn't really warmed up, I pulled a hamstring muscle in my left leg. Unfortunately, the rest of the picture I had to run here and there, away from people, chasing people. I had to do this for 5 weeks with a taped up leg.

On top of that, my stunt double started gaining weight, his backside got bigger and bigger, so they couldn't use him after a while. So I had to do the all the running myself. After the movie was over, I didn't do any jogging for six months!