Squamish residents could be seeing one of their own on the small screen in the near future.
Stuntman Hall of Fame member and former council candidate Peter Kent told The Chief he's been busy since placing eighth in the council race in the 2011 election and has two potential new televisions shows in development.
"There's actually two different concepts," he said. "One is based on my stunt school and basically all the characters that come in and out of it. The other one is involving more of my personal life."
Kent said the School of Hard Knocks, his stunt school, seems to always attract interesting people.
"Every time we do a different class we always have different students and each one of them has their own unique human interest story," he said. "We've had a cancer survivor, a stripper and even a Chechnyan diplomat. Plus there's myself and my two partners who are also involved in the entire process."
He said the show would follow the students home and learn more about their lives, as well as focus on how Kent and his partners work or don't work so well together.
The other show would focus more on Kent's home life and follow both he and his family around.
"It would show where we live, what I do in the course of a day and maybe even follow me to a convention or two," he said.
Kent said he's attending a Terminator 2 20th anniversary convention in Indianapolis this summer. Kent worked as a stunt double for Arnold Schwarzenegger in the movie.
Kent's been keeping busy since the election with the school, as well as a recurring role on the show Alcatraz and spots on the shows True Justice and Psych. But he said he really loves running the school.
"It's a blast," he said. "We have so many different characters and develop a lot of camaraderie during a class. A lot of people have a propensity for it but there's others who take the course for a life experience."
In the class, starting on June 30, there is a local woman. Kent said if someone has potential, he and his partners can steer them on the right path.
"We've had several students go on and work on different productions," he said. "One kid got picked up partway through the first class to do a Bollywood film. Myself and my partners know all the stunt coordinators in Canada and if we have any projects, we always put an eye towards our own students."
He added there are a few slots left in the class that begins on June 30 and those interested can visit www.peterhkent.com for more details.
In the meantime, Kent will be taking both of the proposed television concepts to the Banff Film Festival to pitch the ideas to producers. And don't be surprised in the future to see Kent and possibly Squamish on the small screen near you.
