Stunt men aren’t the only people on set who catch beatdowns

“Wes’s films are the Grip Olympics,” said Sami. “I feel like you need to physically train to work on his movies. But the reward, I think, is comparable to winning a medal at the Olympics. You have the pride of knowing that you’re one of the people that Wes Anderson chose to show up on his set every day and help solve the challenges that he comes up with.”

– Sanjay Sami

Zoller Seitz, Matt. The Wes Anderson Collection: The French Dispatch. New York: Abrams. 2023