Gary Toy -STUNTMAN
15 September 2000
Gary has recently finished filming episodes of the tv series V.I.P
A John Carpenter movie "Ghosts of Mars",
Ghosts of Mars stars Natasha Henstrich and Ice Cube, and was doing stunts
for Martian warriors.
And a music video starring a new band called "Linkin Park"
Craig,
Will Leong forwarded your email to me. I worked a couple of seasons on Tour of Duty
too..................
Gary Toy
TOUR OF DUTY
I worked on the 2nd and 3rd seasons of "Tour of Duty" (think 1st season was shot
in Hawaii). Shot many AK47s, M16s, been shot many times on the show, with and without
squibs (blood packs), blown up with grenades and land mines, done hand to hand combats,
been stabbed, drowned, and taken prisoner.
Captured once by while I was peeing. Had helicopters hover over me.
Usually cold,uncomfortable, wet, or muddy in area near Magic Mountain, wearing sandals and light black pajamas. Can remember hitting my mark one time, and special effects was supposed to blow land mine right before I hit that mark, but they blew a couple of seconds later and I felt the full force of the explosion on the side of my face. Felt like somebody with a big heavy hand slapped me as hard as they could.
Also remember getting hit with rifle butt, then saw white only when looking out the
right side of my eye. Opthamalogist said I had a swollen, almost detached
retina. Would lose the white and see clear again after swelling in retina went
away. I also remember when special effects didn't put enough padding on inside of
squid, so when they went off, felt like firecracker blew taped to my skin. It left
nice welts on body. ............................
Gary Toy.
Filmography
Big Trouble in Little China (1986) Chang Sing #5
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