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7 unusual facts about Marrese Crump


Marrese Crump

Marrese also served as fight choreographer on the production, mapping out several of the movies' fight scenes, including Crump's character Markus versus Big Ronnie (played by Dave Batista).

Following the advice of his teacher, he went out and immersed himself in arts from all over the world; karate, muay Thai, Chinese martial arts, capoeira, western boxing, kali, taekwondo and ninjutsu.

In August 2009, Movieset.com published a behind-the-scenes video interview with Marrese Crump for the movie Wrong Side of Town entitled "Becoming A Better Fighter" where he covers the training methods of the Filipino martial arts and how he incorporated them into the movie's choreography.

Wrong Side of Town was Crump's first major role as Markus, alongside Rob Van Dam, Dave Batista and Ja Rule.

Marrese Crump was mentioned in the September 2008 issue of Muscle & Fitness magazine during an interview with Dave Bautista.

They mention a YouTube video produced by Anesti Vega called "Batista Crump Workout" where Marrese Crump and Dave Batista go through a series of warmup padwork and Filipino martial arts drills.

Marrese Crump first project in movies was a G.I. Joe fan film called "Battle for the Serpent Stone", serving as the action coordinator.



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