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Hugh Spight is a dancer and a “puppet performer.” He was a Mystic in “Dark Crystal” and a Gamorrean Guard in “Return of the Jedi.” He studied dance in London and worked in Germany before getting into the movie industry. I was able to speak with him at the 2018 Great Philadelphia Comic Con.

1:25 – Hugh Spight talks about he got into acting. He started as a dancer and then auditioned for Dark Crystal. He got the role to help develop how the creatures in that movie move.

4:36 – He actually learned how to gallop with a contraption that carried 60% of his body weight. When he finished at Dark Crystal, Return of the Jedi was being filmed close by and he was asked to do puppetry work on that.

6:20 – Netflix will be doing a prequel to Dark Crystal and they will be using body costumes again. People don’t react to CGI characters as much as they might react to real people in costumes. The industry might be swinging back to three dimensional characters.

9:32 – Passion is vital to succeed in dance or actor. Sacrifice is necessary to succeed in that.

10:57 – Hugh considers himself a Billy Elliot type when he got into dance.

13:58 – His first dance job after school in London was in Germany. When he started he was afraid to tell his parents.

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Guests: Hugh Spight

Host: Cris Alvarez

Tags: science fiction, fantasy, puppets, daleks, doctor who, gamorrean guard, return of the jedi, mystic, Dark Crystal, dance, Wales, Germany, Billy Elliot