{"id":22940,"date":"2025-05-07T09:52:15","date_gmt":"2025-05-07T13:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/"},"modified":"2025-05-07T11:51:46","modified_gmt":"2025-05-07T15:51:46","slug":"david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/","title":{"rendered":"Video Interview: David Blaine Do Not Attempt\u2019s Chris St. John"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Renowned magician David Blaine returned to the screen for National Geographic\u2019s <em>David Blaine Do Not Attempt<\/em>. In it, he travels the world to discover various real magic practices and rituals and learn the secrets behind them.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display: block; position: relative; max-width: 690px;\">\r\n \t                <div style=\"padding-top: 56.2504%;\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<video data-video-id=\"6372435266112\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-account=\"1120308147\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-player=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-embed=\"default\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-application-id \r\n\t\t\t\t\tclass=\"video-js\" \r\n\t\t\t\t\tcontrols=\"\"\r\n                    loop autoplay\r\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width: 100%; height: 100%; position: absolute; top: 0px; bottom: 0px; right: 0px; left: 0px;\"><\/div><\/video>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<script src=\"\/\/players.brightcove.net\/1120308147\/default_default\/index.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Across six episodes, produced by Imagine Documentaries, Blaine visits remote regions in Brazil, Southeast Asia, the Arctic Circle, India, South Africa and Japan to meet with shamans, fakirs, magicians and many others to shed light on what it takes to perform their unique feats. All six episodes are available to stream now on Hulu and Disney+.<\/p>\n<p>In this video interview, executive producer Chris St. John tells\u00a0<em>TV Real Weekly<\/em>\u00a0about connecting with the people Blaine meets, the safety precautions taken throughout filming and how the crew sought to portray the practices and rituals with respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris St. John, executive producer of National Geographic\u2019s David Blaine Do Not Attempt, tells\u00a0World Screen Newsflash\u00a0about connecting with the people David Blaine meets, the safety precautions taken throughout filming and how the crew sought to portray the practices and rituals shown with respect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1412,"featured_media":22941,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[10904,10549,1009],"class_list":["post-22940","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-top-stories","tag-chris-st-john","tag-david-blaine-do-not-attempt","tag-national-geographic","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Video Interview: David Blaine Do Not Attempt\u2019s Chris St. John - TVREAL<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Video Interview: David Blaine Do Not Attempt\u2019s Chris St. John - TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Chris St. John, executive producer of National Geographic\u2019s David Blaine Do Not Attempt, tells\u00a0World Screen Newsflash\u00a0about connecting with the people David Blaine meets, the safety precautions taken throughout filming and how the crew sought to portray the practices and rituals shown with respect.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVREAL\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-05-07T13:52:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-05-07T15:51:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/05\/2025-05-07-David-Blaine.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"337\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jamie Stalcup\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/\",\"name\":\"Video Interview: David Blaine Do Not Attempt\u2019s Chris St. John - TVREAL\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2025-05-07T13:52:15+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-05-07T15:51:46+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Video Interview: David Blaine Do Not Attempt\u2019s Chris St. John\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/\",\"name\":\"TVREAL\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb\",\"name\":\"Jamie Stalcup\",\"description\":\"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. She can be reached at jstalcup@worldscreen.com.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/author\/jamiestalcup\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Video Interview: David Blaine Do Not Attempt\u2019s Chris St. John - TVREAL","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Video Interview: David Blaine Do Not Attempt\u2019s Chris St. John - TVREAL","og_description":"Chris St. John, executive producer of National Geographic\u2019s David Blaine Do Not Attempt, tells\u00a0World Screen Newsflash\u00a0about connecting with the people David Blaine meets, the safety precautions taken throughout filming and how the crew sought to portray the practices and rituals shown with respect.","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/","og_site_name":"TVREAL","article_published_time":"2025-05-07T13:52:15+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-05-07T15:51:46+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":337,"url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2025\/05\/2025-05-07-David-Blaine.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jamie Stalcup","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jamie Stalcup","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/","name":"Video Interview: David Blaine Do Not Attempt\u2019s Chris St. John - TVREAL","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website"},"datePublished":"2025-05-07T13:52:15+00:00","dateModified":"2025-05-07T15:51:46+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/david-blaine-do-not-attempts-chris-st-john\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Video Interview: David Blaine Do Not Attempt\u2019s Chris St. John"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/","name":"TVREAL","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/#\/schema\/person\/0da12602224807cc7b179b8405018deb","name":"Jamie Stalcup","description":"Jamie Stalcup is the executive editor of World Screen. She can be reached at jstalcup@worldscreen.com.","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/author\/jamiestalcup\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1412"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22940\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22941"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvreal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}