Michelle Yeoh always does her own stunts, which is why she is considered the Distaff Counterpart to Jackie Chan. Taylor Lautner does this a lot in his movies. Viggo Mortensen did many of his own stunts while filming The Lord of the Rings.
Stunt doubles may be used in cases where an actor's physical condition or age precludes much activity, or when an actor is contractually prohibited from taking certain risks. Stunt doubles should be distinguished from daredevils, who perform stunts for the sake of the stunt alone, often as a career.
Understanding the danger behind performing these scenes, Stahelski lets stunt doubles take over. Even the one-take stair fall scene towards the ending moments of John Wick: Chapter 4, was performed by Reeves' stunt double Vincent Bouillon.
Complete with sandy colored locks, chiseled bod, and a blindingly white smile, stunt man JJ Dashnaw is a dead ringer for the former High School Musical star. This is probably why he was cast as the heartthrob's stunt double in Efron's new beach comedy Baywatch.
Tony Angelotti is a renowned stunt performer who has worked on several high-profile projects, including the Pirates of the Caribbean films. He served as Johnny Depp's body double in the movies and performed some of Jack Sparrow's most memorable stunts in the series.
Glenn Foster was a stunt performer in the DC Entertainment productions Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Glenn Foster was also a stunt double for Robert Downey, Jr.
Have you ever wondered whether big, brave Chris Hemsworth does his own stunts? Well, we just found out and for the most part, he does, but when the stunts prove to be a little too dangerous for the leading man, Chris lets his stunt double step in.
Freddie Poole, Sylvester Stallone's Stunt Double, Talks About Working in the Entertainment Industry. Freddie Poole, Sylvester Stallone's stunt double, sat down with Yolonda Williams to chat about working in the entertainment industry — and he also teaches Landon Wexler how to throw a stunt punch.
Freddie Poole, who has worked as Sylvester Stallone's stunt double for over ten years, joined us in studio to give us an inside look at the adrenaline-packed stunt entertainment industry.
Tom Cruise has never steered away from challenging himself in his roles for projects. Especially since 1986's Top Gun, he has continued to push the limits of his body and acting, taking on his own stunts in most of his top films, including Mission: Impossible, The Last Samurai and Jack Reacher.
The movie's massive schedule — coupled with the last-minute addition of Louis Leterrier as director — made it impossible for Momoa to do more of his own stunts. "We did a lot," he continued. "And that goes down to like, to get the angles to get all the stuff, you know, it's hard and they had so much to shoot.
An incredible act of kindness by Bruce Willis has been revealed, almost 20 years after he made the beautiful gesture. The Die Hard actor was working on the set of his movie Live Free or Die Hard – released in 2007 and also known as Die Hard 4.0 – when his stunt double suffered life-changing injuries.
The world's most prolific stuntman, according to The Guinness Book of World Records. Was one of three stunt doubles for Harrison Ford on the Indiana Jones trilogy, even though Ford enjoyed doing his stunts himself.
Brad Martin is an American stunt performer. He doubled for Chris O'Donnell during the neon gang fight in Batman Forever. Martin returned to be George Clooney's stuntman in Batman & Robin.
Clint Eastwood's long-time stunt double has died aged 92. Buddy Van Horn first worked as the 91-year-old actor's stunt double on 1968 movie 'Coogan's Bluff', and he did the same for movies 'Dirty Harry', 'High Plains Drifter', and 1971's 'The Beguiled'.
most of the stunts were pretty much done by Zac and Zendaya! and if you tell me, it REALLY proved their abilities to take in more action based roles #rewritethestars #thegreatestshowman #Zendaya #zacefron.
Barnum invents show business, while Zendaya, Zac Efron, Michelle Williams, and Rebecca Ferguson all do other circusy things in the background. One part of the act involves doing tricks on a trapeze, which meant that Zendaya and Efron had to learn how to actually do tricks on a trapeze, which is apparently pretty hard.
Both Zac Efron and Zendaya actually sing The Greatest Showman. This fact should not come as too much of a surprise to fans of the musical, since both Zendaya and Zac Efron have had singing parts in film and television before.
