Rotwang
Sr Member
Got into a bit of a discussion on another forum about this little Avengers feature (Marvel's Avengers Assemble - Black Widow Interrogation Scene - Official | HD - YouTube). I just corrected somebody who said Scarlett was awesome to "her stunt double looks good too" and I got a bucketful.
If the behind the scenes stuff on DVD's are to be believed stuntpeople are the most useless people in the industry, they may have closets full of gold medals, performed martial arts since they could walk, but somehow the stuntmen never quite manage to do it properly and the take with the actor doing their own stunt is always perfect.
When the Matrix came out I was physically assaulted by fan who could not accept the idea that Keanu and the gang were nothing less that Kung Fu gods and did not require mere mortals to do their stunts for them.
I understand that people want their favorite actor/actress to be a kickass superhero, and that some actors/actresses are so afraid for their reputation they claim they never use stunt doubles, and Hollywood likes a good story over the truth, but as David Hasslehoff said : "I had stuntmen, everybody uses stuntmen, anybody who says they don't need stuntmen, is a liar."
If the behind the scenes stuff on DVD's are to be believed stuntpeople are the most useless people in the industry, they may have closets full of gold medals, performed martial arts since they could walk, but somehow the stuntmen never quite manage to do it properly and the take with the actor doing their own stunt is always perfect.
When the Matrix came out I was physically assaulted by fan who could not accept the idea that Keanu and the gang were nothing less that Kung Fu gods and did not require mere mortals to do their stunts for them.
I understand that people want their favorite actor/actress to be a kickass superhero, and that some actors/actresses are so afraid for their reputation they claim they never use stunt doubles, and Hollywood likes a good story over the truth, but as David Hasslehoff said : "I had stuntmen, everybody uses stuntmen, anybody who says they don't need stuntmen, is a liar."