Ari Emanuel, Matt Damon's Odyssey Stunt Double & Craziest Assistant Story
On this episode of AvA LIVE: Ari Emanuel, executive chair and CEO of TKO and executive chairman of WME Group, joins the show to talk about his new book Roll the Calls, from his months in the WME mailroom to working as an assistant for Bruce Vinokour and Bill Haber. He weighs in on whether the mailroom is still a viable path, why AI is “the greatest average,” and why he doesn’t have much patience for assistants who think Hollywood is leaving them a worse industry. Stunt performer Devyn Dalton, Matt Damon’s stunt double in The Odyssey, breaks down how she prepped in three weeks, the craziest…
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