Who wouldn't be charmed by the tricksters and hucksters he describes, not least the flea circus, where scratchy Victorian insects such as The Great Herman performed their stunts twice-nightly, pulling a chariot, jumping through hoops, fighting duels with other parasites.
Although stunt doubles were available, both Barlow and Mirallegro decided to perform their own stunts, and spent around four minutes filming underwater.
Moments later we were huddled around a phone as he shared set photos from his coming epic parody, in which all of the actors performed their own stunts.
Look at classic 1970s kung fu films, where the stars perform their own stunts - the fight sequences are shot like Fred Astaire's musical numbers, with minimal camera movement, functional editing and no trickery.
Both were writer-actresses in fast-action adventures where they performed their own stunts, and both, in total charge of the scenario output, were pressed into borrowing as well as inventing stories to meet the need for hundreds of action shorts.
Throughout filming, Dunne and Tapping performed their own stunts.
Cook and Landes performed their own stunts in both sequences.
Khan and Verma performed their own stunts, and Kapoor subsequently did so as well despite initial reluctance.
The fast shooting schedule forces Chartrand to rely on guest stars who can perform their own stunts, because of the limited time to find a "good double" for the actor.
His actors were an élite fraternity of athletes who performed their own harrowing stunts, and Riefenstahl was the only woman among them.
