Comment on How do stunt people fall down stairs without hurting themselves?

Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• neidu3@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Yup. I remember seeing a behind the scenes clip once where the stuntman got a Styrofoam insert on his back under the sweater, as well as pads for knees and elbows. In the clip of him actually falling you can see him rolling in a manner that ensures only the padded parts of his body are the ones that hit the stairs particularly hard. His head never touched anything.

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• truthfultemporarily@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Fun fact: stunt women cannot wear much padding because they usually wear tight dresses.

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  • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Stunt women are just stunt men wearing extra padding in the chest and hip area. 😌

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    • grue@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Image

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    • AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      In the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony, there was a video in which James Bond takes the Queen skydiving. The Queen’s stunt double in the skydive scene was a bloke with a beard (which was invisible from the distance it was shot at)

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      • Kolanaki@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        That gag will never get old to me.

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    • frischkaesbagett@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Some* There are definitly stuntwomen

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    • LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That’s not always true, especially these days.

      Back in the day it was much more common to have men dressed as women doing stunts, but stunt women are extremely common now.

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