When my son asked me why I wanted to be a stuntman I had a quick and easy answer, I was impressed by action movies and I wanted to be in them.

I don’t know how I would feel if he said he wants to do the same, maybe we could do father and son stunts so I know I would always be there to catch him.

There goes my macho street credibility. I’m a big softie really.

Even to this day, I have total admiration for many stunt performers all over the world. I respect their bravery, their creativity and their ability to pull off the most impressive stunts.
It takes great skill and understanding to choreograph safe, realistic and breathtaking action scenes of which some audiences won’t appreciate the complexity and risk factor.

As a child, watching TV for the first 8 years of my life was a little bit of an emotional journey. When I was a small boy I remember the moment I realised that people weren’t really shooting each other dead on the TV and that it was all pretend – I felt quite relieved really.

I began to have a fascination with how the action on TV or in movies looked so real. I couldn’t work out how the actors would fight and not hurt each other. However, it all made sense after my dad explained to me about stuntmen and stuntwomen. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE:
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