Steve Whitclif Smith
- Additional Crew
- Assistant
Steve 'Smudge' Smith joined the army and the elite Parachute Regiment in 1994. He has deployed on operations to Northern Ireland, Kosovo and Afghanistan. Whilst in the military he was selected to represent Great Britain in the bobsled and was part of the GB squad for the Turin Winter Olympic Games. He and his team came 5th in the 2007 World Bobsled Champsionship (FIBT) in San Mortiz and later became the Army's head coach. He left the military in 2018 to work as a personal trainer and body fitness coach and is the physical training instructor for Bare Arms.
He prepared and trained actor Callum Turner ("Fantastic Beasts", "Assassins Creed", "Glue", "War & Peace" ) for his role as Corporal Sean Emery in BBC's 'The Capture', which included physical transformation as well as intense character development, and he has a cameo in one of the episodes as one of Sean's squad. He has appeared as a firearms specialist performer in 'Jack Ryan' and 'Baghdad Central'.
He prepared and trained actor Callum Turner ("Fantastic Beasts", "Assassins Creed", "Glue", "War & Peace" ) for his role as Corporal Sean Emery in BBC's 'The Capture', which included physical transformation as well as intense character development, and he has a cameo in one of the episodes as one of Sean's squad. He has appeared as a firearms specialist performer in 'Jack Ryan' and 'Baghdad Central'.