There are two things to keep in mind while being burned alive for a movie scene.

The first, says stunt performer Ben Jenkin, is not to breathe in a flame. That would be bad. Jenkin was reminded of that over and over before doing his first fire burn (and then seven more) in an action extravaganza that affectionately celebrates the rough-and-tumble lives of stunt performers.

The other thing: Keep moving.

91裸聊视频淢oving forward and keeping the fire behind you allows you to breathe and to control the fire,91裸聊视频� Jenkin says. 91裸聊视频淢ovement is your friend.91裸聊视频�

That would make a decent slogan for stunt performers who have, since the early days of Hollywood, fueled the mayhem of movies. Since at least when the facade of (stillness can also be your friend when it comes to stunts), stunt performers have played a vital role in sustaining the illusion of countless car chases, bar fights, rooftop leaps and, yes, guys on fire.

By its nature, it91裸聊视频檚 nearly anonymous work, with stunt performers doubling for daintier stars. But Leitch, a longtime stuntman before he became a director, and 91裸聊视频淭he Fall Guy,91裸聊视频� which opens in theaters Friday, hope to redefine the role of stunt work in Hollywood. 91裸聊视频淭he Fall Guy,91裸聊视频� which features nearly every kind of stunt imaginable, arrives as a growing chorus is calling for a new Oscar category for stunt performance.

91裸聊视频淚t was never really about: The individual stunt performer needs to be recognized,91裸聊视频� says Leitch, who spent years as Brad Pitt91裸聊视频檚 double before transitioning to directing with 91裸聊视频淛ohn Wick.91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淚t was more about the contribution of the department. We create these sequences, whether it91裸聊视频檚 for Paul Thomas Anderson or Adam Sandler or James Cameron.91裸聊视频�

The most eye-catching stunts come in big-budget action movies like 91裸聊视频淭he Fall Guy,91裸聊视频� but nearly every studio movie involves some stunt work. Take Chris O91裸聊视频橦ara, head of Stunts Unlimited and the stunt designer on 91裸聊视频淭he Fall Guy.91裸聊视频� He91裸聊视频檚 not only a veteran of innovative, stunt-heavy films like 91裸聊视频淭he Matrix91裸聊视频� and the Jason Bourne series but he was also the guy who caught Saoirse Ronan when she leapt out of a (seemingly) moving car in Greta Gerwig91裸聊视频檚 91裸聊视频淟ady Bird.91裸聊视频�

With 91裸聊视频淭he Fall Guy,91裸聊视频� O91裸聊视频橦ara is the first person to be credited as a 91裸聊视频渟tunt designer,91裸聊视频� a designation that91裸聊视频檚 been approved by SAG-AFTRA and the Directors Guild. To O91裸聊视频橦ara, that credit better represents what91裸聊视频檚 usually called stunt coordination. Conceptualizing and crafting elaborate sequences requires more than making sure everyone stays safe.

91裸聊视频淭o be seen by the film community as stunt designers hopefully brings more light to what we really do,91裸聊视频� says O91裸聊视频橦ara. 91裸聊视频淏ack in the day, stunt guys were the cowboys. Now we are creative. We create amazing things, just like a production designer does or a costume designer does.91裸聊视频�

THE FALLS LEADING TO 91裸聊视频楩ALL GUY91裸聊视频�

When they were starting out in Los Angeles, Leitch and O91裸聊视频橦ara lived together. Their garage was stuffed with mats and air bags. They dug a hole in the backyard and put a trampoline in it. 91裸聊视频淭he landlord never caught us,91裸聊视频� says Leitch, grinning.

They, along with four other stuntmen including Chad Stahelski, set out with big ambitions to make their mark on Hollywood. While cutting their teeth on TV shows like 91裸聊视频淏uffy the Vampire Slayer,91裸聊视频� they trained. Some were gymnasts, some drivers, some martial arts experts.

91裸聊视频淚t was a nonstop circus of skills you need but it91裸聊视频檚 fun to learn them,91裸聊视频� says Leitch. 91裸聊视频淗ard on your body, but fun.91裸聊视频�

They became masters of their craft 91裸聊视频� or at least mostly. Leitch never got driving down. On 91裸聊视频淭he Mexican,91裸聊视频� he crashed an El Camino into its only back-up, another El Camino.

But eventually, filmmaking seemed like one more skill to hone. Leitch had become adept at pre-visualizing sequences as a moving storyboard to show directors how an action scene would move and fit together. Plus, he was accustomed to keeping a cool head in extreme circumstances. How scary could directing be compared to standing on a ledge as a production raced to get a high fall in before the day91裸聊视频檚 light went?

91裸聊视频淲hen you91裸聊视频檝e had life and death stakes, what91裸聊视频檚 the worst that can happen in a scene?91裸聊视频� says Leitch. 91裸聊视频淚 have to cut it differently?91裸聊视频�

Leitch has since become a sought-after action director, helming films like 91裸聊视频淎tomic Blonde,91裸聊视频� 91裸聊视频淒eadpool 291裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频淏ullet Train,91裸聊视频� in which Pitt starred. That was a full circle moment for the former star-stuntman tandem but 91裸聊视频淭he Fall Guy91裸聊视频� might be more so. Based on the 1980s Lee Majors TV series, it91裸聊视频檚 a comic, behind-the-scenes ode to the nature of stunt work and on-set life.

Ryan Gosling stars as Colt Seavers, a veteran stuntman and double for star Tom Ryder (Aaron Taylor-Johnson) whose romance with a fellow crew member, Jody Moreno (Emily Blunt), is severed after an accident on set only to fitfully resume years later. By then Jody is directing her first feature and Colt is brought in as a stuntman, including for that fire-burn scene.

For Leitch and Kelly McCormick, his wife and production partner, both the stunts and the love story of 91裸聊视频淭he Fall Guy91裸聊视频� have a touch of autobiography. After a years-long working relationship, McCormick and Leitch were married in 2014 and together run their production company 87North.

91裸聊视频淢aybe I am a little bit like Jody,91裸聊视频� says McCormick. 91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 definitely the one that would set you on fire eight times.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淲ould you?91裸聊视频� replies Leitch.

91裸聊视频淥nly if it was safe,91裸聊视频� says McCormick, laughing.

91裸聊视频業91裸聊视频橫 RYAN GOSLING AND I DID ALMOST NONE OF MY OWN STUNTS IN THIS MOVIE91裸聊视频�

At Gosling proudly announced what few actors do: He did not do his own stunts. The movie required five stuntmen to double as Gosling, including Jenkin and Logan Holladay. In the film, Holladay sets a of a vehicle, rolling a Jeep Grand Cherokee eight and a half times down a Australian beach. In one of the movie91裸聊视频檚 many ironic moments, you can see Holladay strapping Gosling into the car just before the scene.

Before working in film, Jenkin was accomplished in parkour.

91裸聊视频淚 feel right into stunts,91裸聊视频� he puns. His gift for contorting himself through the air and landing on the designated spot has made him one of the most sought-after stuntmen. Still, 91裸聊视频淭he Fall Guy91裸聊视频� was the busiest he91裸聊视频檚 ever been on a movie. 91裸聊视频淚 can91裸聊视频檛 remember how many times I went through a pane of glass,91裸聊视频� says Jenkin.

Some moves were new for Jenkin, like getting hit by a car. 91裸聊视频淗ips over hood,91裸聊视频� Leitch advised him.

91裸聊视频淲hen you91裸聊视频檙e a kid and you watch Jackie Chan running down the street and he91裸聊视频檚 chasing a bus and then he hooks onto the bus with an umbrella, you91裸聊视频檙e like, 91裸聊视频楾hat91裸聊视频檚 so cool,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� Jenkin says. 91裸聊视频淣ow we get to live that. Me and Ryan were surfing a door across the Harbour Bridge holding onto the back of a bin truck with a shovel. When do you get to do things like that?91裸聊视频�

AN OSCAR FOR STUNTS?

Though the campaign has been ongoing for years, it will take time for the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences to embrace a new category (though it did so recently by ). They have some strength in numbers; stunt professionals make up the largest group of members in the academy91裸聊视频檚 Production and Technology branch.

91裸聊视频淚t91裸聊视频檚 not that they want more recognition than any other sort of department. These days, they91裸聊视频檙e in almost every film,91裸聊视频� says McCormick. 91裸聊视频淭hey are front and center working with all the other departments 91裸聊视频� including, by the way, they go to post. A lot of times they are helping the editor find the way through a sequence. I haven91裸聊视频檛 had a hair person come to post ever.91裸聊视频�

For some stunt performers, it91裸聊视频檚 the family business. Troy Brown91裸聊视频檚 first stunt was the 2005 Vin Diesel comedy 91裸聊视频淭he Pacifier,91裸聊视频� for which his father, Bob Brown, was stunt coordinator. Troy jumped out of a helicopter into the ocean. He was 5.

91裸聊视频淪tunts was just everything I knew,91裸聊视频� says Troy Brown. 91裸聊视频淚t started out with my dad in the front yard jumping off of stuff into a port-a-pit. I just thought was super fun so I91裸聊视频檇 do it everyday.91裸聊视频�

In 91裸聊视频淭he Fall Guy,91裸聊视频� Brown makes the biggest jump of his career, falling 150 feet from a helicopter and landing on an air bag used by his father. During it, his dad was standing next to the bag, talking his son through the jump.

91裸聊视频淚91裸聊视频檓 going out of this helicopter backwards and I91裸聊视频檓 lining it up as best I can,91裸聊视频� says Brown. 91裸聊视频淲hen I get out there and I91裸聊视频檓 about go backwards off of this thing, I have my dad on the radio giving me the green light for the bag: 91裸聊视频榊ou can go whenever you want. We91裸聊视频檙e good, we91裸聊视频檙e good, we91裸聊视频檙e good.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

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