Director David Leitch built his career as a stuntman, doubling for A-listers like Matt Damon and Brad Pitt. Here, he explains how he used that firsthand expertise on 'The Fall Guy,' starring Ryan Gosling as a lovestruck stunt performer.
The director and former stuntman reveals how his own experiences inspired the action blockbuster, starring Ryan Gosling as a down-on-his-luck stunt performer.Devan Coggan is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly. Most of her personality is just John Mulaney quotes and Lord of the Rings references.
“I was trying to understand the experience of it,” Gosling explains, “and he said, ‘Well, it all hurts. It always hurts. Getting hit by a car hurts. Getting set on fire hurts. And getting thrown out of a windowstunt department gave him a newfound appreciation. “It’s interesting to hear David say it like that and hear them say, ‘There’s no trick to getting hit by a car. You’re just getting hit by a car,’” the actor adds.
“It’s evolved a lot,” the director explains. “The generation before me in the ‘80s and ‘90s was even more practical than my generation.was one of the first movies that I really cut my teeth on, and that was a lot of visual effects and integration with stunts. We were doing a lot of wire work and green screen, but they still needed stunt performers to be doing that stuff. I think now with the big Marvel movies, the generation after us, they do a lot of performance capture.
“Stunt guys, they are obsessed with their meal penalties,” Leitch says with a laugh. “They love their SAG rules. I screened for a bunch of stunt people a couple weeks ago. That joke never gets a laugh, but I kept it in as a litmus test for my community. I mean, you would have thought it was the best joke in the world.
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