Last summer I got the chance to work on USA Network’s “White Collar” in New York City as a bike messenger who almost gets run down by the FBI. I had to cut in front of a speeding sedan that was in pursuit of a getaway bus. We shot on Lafayette Street at Houston St., one of the busiest intersections in New York. NYPD’s TCD (Traffic Control Divsion) was there to lock up the entire street when we needed, and it turned out to be a lot due to all of the coverage and nailing the perfect timing for the stunt. It was a lot of fun, and after I was done, we banged out another stunt for the last shot of the day. Check out the video of Roy Farfel performing a blind reverse 180 on Mulberry Street in a beat-up cargo van. The stunt is actually much more dangerous than it looks, as Roy only has about 2 feet of clearance on the spinning side of the vehicle due to sidewalk scaffolding, and has to land the van perfectly into a tight curb-less driveway. Executed to perfection, both stunts can be seen in the “Payback” episode in Season 2 of “White Collar”.
Check out the video on youtube.com.
