What do stunt doubles make

She is also known for her impressive motorcycle work in Supercop , where she matched Jackie Chan stunt for stunt, according to The Guardian.

Yeoh is so talented that she is actually said to be the only woman that Chan allowed to perform stunts on his films. The Richest writes that one of his most legendary scenes occurred when Sylvester, acting as Bond, jumped from the El Capitan cliff face in Yosemite National Park, relying on a parachute to survive the landing.

While he was able to pull the stunt off, it was a close call. While performing it, one of his skis got caught. Luckily, it came free and the parachute deployed as planned. It is not an exaggeration to say that Follenweider has been in almost all of the major action movies that have recently hit theaters. As a gymnast, Follenweider specializes in aerials and wire work, along with parquet and free running. In Spider-Man Three , he was responsible for flying around the city on wires, while being thrown around from explosions.

Some stunt people, such as Jackie Chan, go on to become well-known actors. Mastering the physical stuff and learning to do it safely is vital, though.

The big difference between stunt work and regular acting is that botched stunts have killed people. Stunt performer and stunt double deaths cast a shadow of risk over the profession. While there are schools that offer to train you in stunt work, being a stunt performer isn't like becoming a doctor. What employers care about is your skills, not any formal certification or degrees. Good skills include fighting technique, weapons training, shooting and learning how to fake a fall or a bullet injury.

You can try developing a well-rounded portfolio before you start, or specializing in a few areas, such as sword-fighting, and then broadening your skill set later.

Stunt doubles must be willing to work from the pre-dawn hours until well after dark to get a shot or scene right. Stunt coordinators prepare the action with meticulous planning, diagrams, special equipment and often-grueling rehearsals. Most productions need stunt doubles to work under varying weather conditions and be in excellent physical condition.

Training and experience are the key to landing work and better-than-minimum compensation. Holding a bachelor's degree from Yale, Streissguth has published more than works of history, biography, current affairs and geography for young readers. Share It. Blindspot star Jaimie Alexander supported her stunt double, Heidi Schnappauf, at the 10th Annual Action Icon Awards, where the actress's lookalike was serving as presenter.

Hanton goes way back with the actor — they also worked on the Thor movies and In the Heart of the Sea together. Emilia Clarke a. Daenerys Targaryen, twinned with stand-in Rosie Mac on season 5 of Game of Thrones — and they were both total queens.

Mike Carpenter and actor Jared Padalecki of Supernatural have shown each other a lot of love — and teasing — on Twitter. Talk about double trouble! Tom Hardy and his handsome Mad Max: Fury Road double, Jacob Tomuri, were the spitting image of one another — right down to those matching, model-esque pouts.

Neither Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson nor his double seemed to be too pleased by whatever was cooking on the set of Pain and Gain. Professional double Casey Michaels called the astronaut get-up she got to wear for Kate Mara in The Martian her "favorite costume so far" on Instagram Zac Efron and his stunt double proved that two six-packs are definitely better than one as they filmed scenes for Dirty Grandpa in Georgia.

Are you looking at him? Or him? Robert De Niro watched his stuntman closely as he executed a full-body lift on the Dirty Grandpa set.

Anthony Mackie and his double made sure to look before they leapt into the Falcon's high-flying stunt on the set of Captain America: Civil War in Atlanta. Is anyone else feeling patriotic all of a sudden?