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FIGHTS | Behind the Scenes on VIKINGS "Shieldmaiden Training"

Shieldmaident training behind the scenes on Vikings.

Directors: Gustaf Skarsgård, John Kavanagh, Ken Girotti, Helen ShaverNetwork: HistoryProducer: Michael Hirst, Gustaf Skarsgård, Johnathan Rhys Meyers, Ken Girotti, Helen ShaverStarring: Gustaf Skarsgård, Clive Standen, Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick

Editors: Aaron Marshall, Christopher Donaldson,Tad Seaborn, Don Cassidy

Synopsis: Ragnar Lothbrok, a legendary Norse hero, is a mere farmer who rises up to become a fearless warrior and commander of the Viking tribes with the support of his equally ferocious family.

Stunts

Franklin Henson - stunt action design.Richard Ryan - stunt action design.

Richard Ryan ... stunt coordinator / assistant stunt coordinator / swordmaster / co-stunt coordinator / sword master / stunt action director / stunt double: Gabriel Byrne (76 episodes, 2013-2020)

Tony Condren ... stunt performer / stunt rigger / stunts (64 episodes, 2013-2020)

Tristan McConnell ... stunt performer / stunts pre-vis / stunt double: Bryan Larkin (59 episodes, 2013-2020)

Conor Hegarty ... stunt performer / stunt double: Moe Dunford / stunt double: Niall Cusack (58 episodes, 2013-2020)

Stav Dvorkin ... stunt performer / stunt double: Donal Logue (56 episodes, 2013-2020)

Adam Behan ... stunt performer / stunts / stunt double: Jonathan Rhys Meyers (54 episodes, 2015-2020)

Phillip McLean ... stunts (52 episodes, 2015-2020)

Darron Costello ... stunt performer / stunts (50 episodes, 2013-2019)

Mark Henson ... stunt coordinator (49 episodes, 2013-2017)

Lauterio Zamparelli ... stunt performer / stunts (43 episodes, 2013-2020)

Jonathan East ... stunt performer / stunts (43 episodes, 2014-2019)

Patrick Mel Hayes ... stunts / stunt performer (42 episodes, 2014-2020)

Keith Ward ... stunt performer / stunt rigger / stunt double: George Blagden / stunt double: David Murray / stunt double: Jonathon Kemp / stunt double: Thorbjorn Harr / stunt rigger: water safety (37 episodes, 2013-2017)

Michael Redmond ... stunt performer (37 episodes, 2014-2020)

Gerry Behan ... stunt performer / stunts (36 episodes, 2013-2019)

James Cosgrave ... stunt performer / stunts (34 episodes, 2013-2020)

Richie Wilson ... stunt performer (34 episodes, 2013-2020)

Caroline Simonnet ... stunt performer (33 episodes, 2013-2019)

Ciaran O'Grady ... stunt performer (32 episodes, 2013-2018)

Martin White ... stunt performer / stunts (30 episodes, 2013-2017)

Lee McDermott ... stunt performer / stunts (30 episodes, 2014-2020)

Peter Dillon ... stunt performer (27 episodes, 2013-2019)

Harvey Taylor ... stunt performer (23 episodes, 2014-2019)

Jordan Coombes ... stunt performer (22 episodes, 2014-2019)

Mark Flanagan ... stunts / stunt performer (21 episodes, 2014-2020)

Rachel Walker ... stunt performer (21 episodes, 2014-2019)

Paul Burke ... stunt double: Travis Fimmel / stunt performer / key stunt rigger / stunt double: travis fimmel / stunt rigger (20 episodes, 2013-2015)

Eimear O'Grady ... stunt performer / stunt double: Katheryn Winnick / stunt double: katherine Winnick (19 episodes, 2013-2019)

Michael Vanbelle ... stunt performer (19 episodes, 2019-2020)

Donal O'Shea ... stunt performer / stunts (17 episodes, 2017-2020)

Dave Boyle ... stunt performer (15 episodes, 2015-2020)

Aoife Byrne ... stunt performer / stunt double: Jessalyn Gilsig (13 episodes, 2013-2020)

Lemuel Black ... stunt performer / stunts (13 episodes, 2014-2019)

Terry Loughran ... stunt performer / stunts (13 episodes, 2019-2020)

Paul Thompson ... stunt performer (12 episodes, 2013-2019)

Norman Kelly ... stunt performer (12 episodes, 2013-2017)

Marc Redmond ... stunt performer (12 episodes, 2013-2017)

Brendan Condren ... stunt performer (11 episodes, 2013-2016)

Eoin Leahy ... stunt performer / stunts (11 episodes, 2015-2019)

John Mulvey ... stunt performer / stunts (10 episodes, 2013-2020)

Gary Robinson ... stunt performer (10 episodes, 2013-2016)

Alan Walsh ... stunt performer (10 episodes, 2013-2014)

Sean Condren ... stunt performer (9 episodes, 2015-2019)

Jonny McBride ... stunt performer (8 episodes, 2015-2016)

Dan Styles ... stunt performer (8 episodes, 2017-2020)

Nathaniel Marten ... stunts / stunt performer (7 episodes, 2017-2020)

Karin Floengard Jonsson ... stunt performer (7 episodes, 2018-2020)

David Byrne ... stunt performer (6 episodes, 2013-2019)

Martina Dolan ... stunt performer (6 episodes, 2015-2018)

Vincent Rother ... stunt coordinator: motion capture / stunts: motion capture (6 episodes, 2015-2017)

Alex Payne ... stunts / stunt performer (6 episodes, 2018-2020)

Roberto Dias McCarthy ... stunt performer (6 episodes, 2019-2020)

Phil Lonergan ... stunt performer (5 episodes, 2013-2019)

Michael Hanna ... stunt performer / stunts (5 episodes, 2013-2018)

Robbie O'Brien ... stunt performer (5 episodes, 2013-2015)

Andrew Scott-Marshall ... stunt performer (5 episodes, 2014-2015)

Hannah Behan ... stunt performer / stunts (5 episodes, 2016-2018)

Aran Condren ... stunt performer / stunts (5 episodes, 2016-2018)

Patrick Kelly ... stunt performer (5 episodes, 2018-2020)

Holly McCredden ... stunt performer / Stunt Double: Ragga Ragnars (5 episodes, 2020)

Paul Valentine ... stunt performer / stunts (4 episodes, 2014-2015)

József Kovalik ... stunt performer (4 episodes, 2015)

Joe Condren ... stunt performer (4 episodes, 2016)

Laura Sibbick ... stunt performer (4 episodes, 2017-2019)

Andy Pilgrim ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2014-2020)

Orlaith Doherty ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2016-2020)

Laura Flynn ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2016-2019)

Jack Miles ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2016-2019)

Jenny Ryan ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2016-2019)

Melody Sorensen ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2016-2019)

Conor O'Beoláin ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2016)

Jonathan Flanagan ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2017-2020)

Ronan Kearns ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2017-2018)

Mohamed Attougui ... stunts (3 episodes, 2017)

Benoît Fabre ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2017)

Othman Ilyassa ... stunt coordinator (3 episodes, 2017)

Jérémie Vigot ... assistant stunt coordinator (3 episodes, 2017)

Mathew McKay ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2018-2020)

Dave Nolan ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2018-2019)

Sean Bingham ... stunts (3 episodes, 2019-2020)

Shane Brohan ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2019-2020)

Filip Ciprian Florian ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2020)

Felix Quinton ... stunt performer (3 episodes, 2020)

Erol Mehmet ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2013-2019)

Frank Henson ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2013-2016)

Aldonio Danny Frietas ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2013-2014)

Max Cormac ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2013)

Lewis Peploe ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2013)

Paul Kelly ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2014)

Bence Ferenczi ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2015)

James Lawrence Bewley ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2016-2020)

Lachlan Parkinson ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2016-2017)

Laurent Plancel ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2016-2017)

Gemma Weston ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2016)

Lianne Bowley ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2017-2020)

Gavin Coventry ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2017-2020)

Hami Belal ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2017)

Stéphanie Guerin ... stunt double (2 episodes, 2017)

Aimad Mghar ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2017)

Ramon Álvarez ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2017)

Ken Doherty ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2018-2020)

Shay Doherty ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2018-2020)

Andrew Eadie ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2018-2019)

David Flynn ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2018-2019)

Chris Hall ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2018-2019)

Mark Kelvin Ryan ... stand in: 'Hvitserk' / stunt double: Ganbaatar (2 episodes, 2018-2019)

Gavan O'Connor-Duffy ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2018-2019)

Patrick Kelly ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2019)

Chris Peters ... stunt performer (2 episodes, 2020)

Russell MacLeod ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2013)

Rebecca Quin ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2013)

Ed Young ... fight performer (1 episode, 2013)

Dan Burman ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2014)

Ciarán Hanlon ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2014)

Bronco McLoughlin ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2014)

José Antonio Oña Sánchez ... stunts (1 episode, 2014)

Rob Pavey ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2014)

Ian Pead ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2014)

Curtis Rivers ... stunts (1 episode, 2014)

John Sheridan ... stunts (1 episode, 2014)

Reg Wayment ... stunts (1 episode, 2014)

Adam Basil ... stunts (1 episode, 2015)

Cosmin Diacu ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2015)

Hayes Patrick ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2015)

Olivia Pouyanne ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2015)

Shane Steyn ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2015)

Debra Collins ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2016)

Amanda Foster ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2016)

Marciej Grzechowiak ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2016)

Mitch Spour ... stunt double: alexander ludwig (1 episode, 2016)

Jay Cosgrave ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2017)

Winston Ellis ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2017)

Guillermo Gomez ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2017)

Joel Grizzle ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2017)

Julian Lewis ... motion-capture stunt performer (1 episode, 2017)

Youssef Marchouki ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2017)

Ericson Mitchell ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2017)

Martin Stewart-Campbell ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2017)

Mens-Sana Tamakloe ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2017)

Eric Higgins ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2018)

Edward Linard ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2018)

Philip McClean ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2018)

Andrew Thompson ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2018)

Sarah Vargo ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2018)

Torin Condren ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Rosa Nicolás Gràcia ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Callum Henson ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Niamh Hogan ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Kathleen J. Jones ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Janet Lawson ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Jonathan Leverett ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Jinny Lofthouse ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Donovan Louie ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Marlon Pulido ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Ethan Roe ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Alice Ann Stacey ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Anna Stephenson ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Vincent Wang ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Adam Winnick ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2019)

Samuel Icasto ... stunt double: Ferdia Walsh-Peelo (1 episode, 2020)

Lucy Johnson ... stunt performer (1 episode, 2020)

Kelly Mizell-Ryan ... stunt department assistant (uncredited) (41 episodes, 2016-2019)

Younes Afroukh ... stunt performer (uncredited) (3 episodes, 2013)

Louis Paquette ... stunt: motion capture (uncredited) / stunts: motion capture (uncredited) (3 episodes, 2017)

Annabel Brook ... stunt performer (uncredited) (2 episodes, 2019-2020)

Lee Bagley ... stunt performer (uncredited) (1 episode, 2013)

Michael Byrch ... stunt performer (uncredited) (1 episode, 2013)

Renars Latkovskis ... stunt performer (uncredited) / stunts (uncredited) (1 episode, 2019)

Brendan Swan ... stunts (uncredited) (1 episode, 2019)

Lukas Tomsik ... stunt horse rider (uncredited) (1 episode, 2019)

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