How ‘Palm Royale’s’ All-Women Stunt Team Pulled Off That Catfight Sequence

By Jazz Tangcay

Jazz Tangcay

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AppleTV+’s “Palm Royale” made Emmy history when it landed nods for Outstanding Stunt Coordination for Comedy Programming (Mallory Thompson) and Outstanding Stunt Performance (Colby Lemmo and Sonja Wajih) for Episode 6, “Maxine Finds Herself.” It marked the first time an all-women stunt team from the same series has been concurrently nominated in both categories.

In the episode, Claudia Ferri and Kristen Wiig go all out and get into a fight after Raquel (Ferri) pulls a gun on Maxine (Wiig). From trashing bedrooms and throwing couches, the pair tumbles down stairs and has a chase across the lawn before ending up in the pool. While most fights are typically 20 seconds, this lasts a full three minutes.

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