Action Stunts

Anyone who’s seen Quentin Tarantino’s Death Proof knows how traumatic and important the job of a stuntwoman can be. All the stunts were real in that movie, and the cars were really going that fast, and who knows what was going through the mind of the stuntwoman on the car. The stuntwoman, Zoe Bell, was actually playing herself. This is an interesting movie because it shows how the career of a stuntwoman can also be used as a plot device in a movie. Whatever the case, being a stuntwoman has its perks. But how do (more…)

One only has to watch an action movie to realize that working in Hollywood can be a dangerous profession. Movie characters fall from buildings, jump out of moving vehicles, and dodge exploding bombs on a daily basis. Many actors pride themselves on doing their own stunts, but others prefer to leave the dangerous stuff to their trusty stunt doubles.

With the youngest stunt performers in their late teens and the oldest near ninety there is a wide range of people looking for danger. Of course the stunt industry isn’t limited to movies. Many stunt people get their start as (more…)