Jay Baruchel and Goon director Michael Dowes are getting the band back together for a comedy about the Canadian stuntman Ken Carter. Back in my day, we had daredevils like Evil Knievel and Super Dave Osborne. They’d defy death while entertaining crowds of cheering fans, risking life and limb for applause. I never wanted to … Read more
San Francisco 49ers star Nick Bosa recently made headlines for a controversial postgame stunt with a MAGA hat. This quickly caught the attention of the NFL and the audience. Following the team’s victory, Bosa appeared with a political message that violated the league’s uniform policy, leading to a fine. The incident has sparked widespread discussion. Here … Read more
Tom Cruise took part in the Paris Olympics Closing Ceremony, and in extremely Tom Cruise fashion: Doing a major stunt. Cruise performed an impressive dive from the top of the Stade de France, rappelling down from the roof to the floor, before greeting some of the attendees. Cruise’s role in the proceeding was appropriate because … Read more
As promised, Tom Cruise performed a truly epic stunt at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics. What’s the Paris Olympics without a stunt performed by one of America’s most enduring celebrities to close the show? Indeed, the Man Without Fear, Tom Cruise, performed an epic stunt where he jumped off the roof of … Read more
The world’s longest-running play, Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap, has been staged over 29,000 times to date. Each week, nine more performances get added to that total. The longest-running show currently on Broadway, Chicago, has been performed more than 10,800 times since 1996. Though it’s rarely mentioned in those terms, a live show that debuted one year earlier than Chicago is … Read more
Florence Pugh jumped off the second tallest building in the world for an impressive stunt in the upcoming Thunderbolts movie. We learned a lot more about Thunderbolts during Marvel’s presentation at San Diego Comic-Con over the weekend, but Florence Pugh dropped one more tidbit while speaking with Variety. When asked what was the most “massive … Read more
What better way to commemorate the stunt-centered action of the new movie The Fall Guy than with a good old fashioned theme park stunt show? Just in time for The Fall Guy to premiere in theaters this spring, Universal has announced they are bringing a new stunt spectacular to their Universal Studios Hollywood theme park. Officially dubbed “The … Read more
Ryan Gosling honors the stunt performers laying their lives on the line for his new action-packed love letter to daredevils, The Fall Guy. Where would the action film genre be without the tireless efforts of stunt doubles taking the hard hits for Hollywood’s marque stars? It takes a special kind of person to lay their … Read more
Russell Crowe broke both of his legs during a stunt for Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood, but didn’t find out until a decade later. I’ve never broken a bone in my life. That said, it always struck me as something you would know when it happened, but apparently not. Russell Crowe revealed to People that he … Read more
While the Harry Potter franchise took the world by storm, one of its most important supporting players underwent a terrible tragedy. The worst part is, despite being so crucial to the films, most fans had no idea. David Holmes, the stunt double for Daniel Radcliffe during the Harry Potter franchise, had been appearing on-screen since Radcliffe was just 11 … Read more