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  • This Nigerian stunt crew is bringing recreations of famous fight scenes to Nollywood.

  • The hope is to put some muscle into a film industry better known for drama, comedy and romance.

  • The 15 member Excel Theater started out by posting dance and comedy routines on social media.

  • They then recreated summer film and television's most intense fight scenes from hits like Into the Badlands on the Witcher.

  • Now the team has been flown to Lagos.

  • After Nollywood producers spotted their talents, Sam Well er founded the company.

  • There's a lot of possibilities.

  • When we started, we actually were sort of scared.

  • That can really do this.

  • What did the first one did?

  • The second one?

  • I realize that we can't do this.

  • We can't do anything we want now in Lagos, the team are here to choreograph action sequences for upcoming films in a bid to bolster the genre.

  • Sam well says he usually pays for shoots with his little as $80 by making furniture a skill that's also useful when creating props with all the edges.

  • So it doesn't enjoy anybody then who painted to give us the feelings off a and attention to detail is what got the crew noticed by filmmakers.

  • Nollywood is a multibillion dollar industry, churning out movies and TV shows at a rate second only Thio, India's Bollywood.

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