Sanj Surati Talks
Episode 15

Date: Wednesday 22nd March 2021

This is the fifteenth episode of the Sanj Surati Talks podcast featuring Magician, Writer, Director and Producer R. Paul Wilson. The writer/star of hit BBC show "The Real Hustle", "Scammed" and "The Takedown" is also a world-renowned magician, has designed impossible effects for some of the biggest names in magic and acted as expert consultant and 2nd unit director on films like "Shade" and "Smokin' Aces" working with a who's who of A-list talent including Sylvester Stallone, Jamie Foxx, Thandie Newton, Melanie Griffith, Jeremy Piven, Hal Holbrook and Gabriel Byrne. In this podcast, Paul talks to Sanj about how he got into magic, his life as a hustler on The Real Hustle and how he became an awarding winning film maker.

R. Paul Wilson can be contacted via:
https://www.rpaulwilson.com
https://twitter.com/rpaulwilson
https://www.instagram.com/rpaulwilson/

What we talked about:
Magic
Ron Wilson – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Wilson_(magician)
F Paul Wilson – https://repairmanjack.com
Film Making
Army
Computer programmer
The Take Down
The Real Hustle - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0791615/
Casinos
Court TV - https://www.courttv.com
Anthony Owen - https://twitter.com/anthonyowenmagi
Alexis Conran - https://alexisconran.com
Drummond Money-Coutts - http://www.dmcmagic.com
BBC - https://www.bbc.co.uk
Jessica-Jane Stafford - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1883551/
Martin Turner - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1201550/
Watchdog - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mg74
Covid 19
Scammed - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2061795
Sacha Baron Cohen - https://twitter.com/SachaBaronCohen
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13143964/
The Golden Globes - https://www.goldenglobes.com
The Three Card Monty
Shade – https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0323939/
The Magic Castle - http://www.magiccastle.com
The Film Business
Slide of hand
Acting
Card tricks
Carl Mazzocone - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0563604/
Damian Nieman - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1195760
Jason England - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3021088/
Earl Nelson - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1501327
Johann Pachelbel - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Pachelbel
The Magic Box - https://youtu.be/DyfM7oLIlp0
YouTube - https://www.youtube.com
Our Magic - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4028066/
Canon 5D - https://www.canon.co.uk/cameras/eos-5d-mark-iv/
Mentalism
John Cleese - https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000092/
Isolani - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6695106
Writing
Conmen - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5011604
Holographics
Pepper’s Ghost
2Pac Hologram - https://youtu.be/TGbrFmPBV0Y
RAF School

Places:
America
United Kingdom
Brighton
Las Vegas
Los Angeles
Norway
Italy
Cyprus
Singapore
Scotland

Advice:
Do what you love
Find authenticity in what you do
Have no fear
And look for innovation
Look for trust and be respectable
Know when to quit
Prepare
Be able to dance with the unknowing actor
When in the situation try to still be creative
Unique experiences lead to different perspectives
Secrets are not interesting, what is interesting is what you do with the secrets
The creative industries in general have very little vision
Stop caring about what other people are going to think
Don’t look for permission on what you wish to do creatively
Be sincere and genuine

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Launched over the Covid 19 lockdown, The Sanj Surati Talks Podcast is a channel for Sanj’s discussions with people he knows and a few discussions with himself. There is no agenda but hopefully some healthy debates. Feel free to tweet your thoughts using the hashtag #sanjsuratitalks on Twitter and Instagram, and we’d love it if you could rate, review, listen on all the podcast places including iTunes, Google, Spotify, Stitcher and the lot. These Podcasts will also be running on YouTube.

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