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Cap-vs-Cap (time-heist fight)
Steve Rogers's confrontation with his own past self during the Battle of New York time-heist. Sam Hargrave performed both halves of the choreography to the working-take camera plate — first as Cap-A facing an empty mark, then as Cap-B reacting to the playback. The composite stitches the two passes together via plate-matching at the marble-floor pivot.
Credits
Stunt team
Coordinator
Fight Choreographer
- Sam Hargrave
Hargrave choreographed the sequence in addition to performing it.
Double
- Sam Hargrave(doubling Chris Evans)
Performed both halves of the fight to working-take camera plates.
Rigging
Equipment + technique
Safety
Officer + bulletins
Bulletins observed
Rigging glossary
4 rigs used in this sequence
Each entry explains how the rig works mechanically and the safety bulletin that governs it. Click through for the full glossary detail.
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Pad arrangement (catch-pad layout)
The choreographed layering of foam, airbag, and pad elements behind set walls and props that catches a performer hitting an unrehearsed surface during fight choreography.
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Reactive-camera fight choreography
The post-Bourne / post-John Wick choreography style where camera motion is choreographed alongside the fight itself, so impact reads through camera shake and proximity rather than wide framing.
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Gun-fu (close-quarter firearm choreography)
The combat-shooting choreography style codified by 87Eleven on the John Wick franchise: extended one-take sequences blending firearm handling with martial-arts striking and grappling.
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Padded / breakaway weapon
The non-functional fight weapons — foam cores under skinned costume, balsa-and-resin breakaways — that allow contact strikes without injury.
References
Further reading
- Sam Hargrave on the Cap-vs-Cap fightIndieWireinterview