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Mark recently retired and has been a Seacoast Resident for the last 38 years. Mark has two daughters and currently resides in Hampton with his wife Elizabeth. Mark was founder and owner of OnBrand24, which employed over 800 people. Mark hopes to use his business experience to assist Seacoast Family Promise's families to gain a strong foothold ...
4 Videos. 4 Photos. Mark Fichera is an American stuntman and actor. He was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA and began his career in stunt work in 2007. Since that time, Fichera has done work for numerous high-profile movies and television series, including "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "Zombieland", "Shutter ...
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Mark Fichera. Credits (text only) ... (Short) (stunt assistant) ... 2013 Zombieland (TV Movie) Window Washer (as Matt Fichera) 2013 Iron Man Three Extremis Soldier
- Tars, The Ai Machine in Interstellar, Is Real.
- The Space Suits That Actors Wore in Interstellar Actually work.
- The Movie Stays True to Science.
- They Developed New CGI Software Just For The Movie.
- Anne Hathaway Almost Got Hypothermia While Shooting on The Ice Planet.
- Steven Spielberg Was Originally Supposed to Direct Interstellar.
- World-Renowned Composer Hans Zimmer Composed The Score.
- Timothée Chalamet Cried After Seeing The Movie.
- They Traveled to Various Locations Around The World to Film Interstellar.
- The Interviews at The Start of The Movie Were Real.
The real TARS isn’t precisely the complex AI machine you saw in the movie; rather, TARS is a giant puppet. Interestingly, lollipop sticks inspired the robot’s design. Behind the 200lbs (90.72kg) robot was Bill Irwin, who voiced the character and controlled its movements. However, he left the more complicated moves for stunt man Mark Fichera.
Mary Zophres, the costume designer for Interstellar, had a small window to create the perfect space suits for the movie. She set to work with her team, trying various designs and materials. For her, finding the balance between form and function was crucial. Just like actual space suits, Zophres’ suits possess functioning oxygen units. Hence, the ac...
Christopher Nolan wanted Interstellarto remain as close to actual science as possible. As a result, he joined forces with the 2017 Nobel Prize for Physics winner, Dr. Kip Thorne, on the project. However, it wasn’t all smooth sailing as Dr. Kip Thorne and Christopher Nolan had disputes. While Nolan wanted to exceed the speed of light, Dr. Thorne sto...
Keeping in line with Christopher Nolan’s desire to maintain scientific accuracy, Dr. Kip Thorne provided the theoretical equations for the wormhole and black hole simulation. Paul J. Franklin and his team at Double Negative developed new CGI software that could realistically represent scientific phenomena in the film.
While shooting her scene on the ice planet, Anne Hathaway’s spacesuit didn’t get properly zipped and had let cold water in. However, she didn’t get time off after informing director Christopher Nolan. So he pushed to wrap up the scene quickly instead. Not to worry, shooting the scene didn’t take too long, and the talented actress was fine.
Steven Spielberg has made countless notable movies, but Interstellaris on the list of movies he never got to make. After Dreamworks and Paramount split, Steven Spielberg couldn’t work on the film anymore because the story belonged to the latter. What would Steven Spielberg’s Interstellarhave looked like? We may never know. However, the original sto...
Christopher Nolan wanted a brand new score for Interstellar,and he got that. He contacted Hans Zimmer and asked him to develop the score for the movie. However, he didn’t give Zimmer much to go off on. He simply presented Zimmer with a single-page text describing the movie’s main themes. So, without a script, title, or plot details, Zimmer created ...
In 2014, when Interstellarfirst hit the cinemas, Timothée Chalamet was relatively unknown. Interstellarwas his second feature film project, and he hoped it would help push his career forward. However, at the screening, he realized his character’s role was much smaller and couldn’t stop the tears when he got home. Thankfully, Timothée Chalamet got h...
The Interstellarcast and crew may not have traveled to outer space to shoot the movie, but they didn’t shoot in front of a green screen either. Christopher Nolan didn’t want his movie to depend entirely on CGI. So, he took his crew around the world to capture the perfect scenes. Some locations where Interstellarwas shot include: ● The Eldhraun lava...
Christopher Nolan used original clips from the 2012 documentary by Ken Burns — The Dust Bowl. The documentary inspired some of the early scenes on Earth in the movie too. Whether you’re a fan of epic science-fiction films or not, Interstellaris one of those movies that anyone can appreciate. From the amazing shots to the well-researched scientific ...
Department. Crew 44. Acting 6. Mark Fichera is known as an Stunts, Stunt Coordinator, Stunt Double, Actor, and Utility Stunts. Some of his work includes Interstellar, Avengers: Infinity War, Shutter Island, The Wolf of Wall Street, The Dark Knight Rises, Iron Man 3, Dunkirk, and Now You See Me.
Mini Bio. Mark Fichera is an American stuntman and actor. He was born in West Hartford, Connecticut, USA and began his career in stunt work in 2007. Since that time, Fichera has done work for numerous high-profile movies and television series, including "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull", "Zombieland", "Shutter Island ...
Mark Fichera. Mark Fichera portrayed Extremis Soldier in Iron Man 3 . Fichera was also a stunt performer in X-Men: First Class, Men in Black III, Iron Man 3, X-Men: Apocalypse, Doctor Strange, Spider-Man: Homecoming, Avengers: Infinity War, the Daredevil episode " Into the Ring ", the Jessica Jones episode " AKA Ladies Night ", the Agent Carter ...
