Yeah, bethy, we can be pretty sure that Chan does his own, because, if nothing else, we see him wiping out in the outtakes. I'm skeptical that other actors don't occasionially do their own as well.
Too vague a question to be answered other than by the uninformative "yes, sometimes."
Anyone who is gullible enough to believe that Jackie Chan, who is 51 years old, never uses a stunt man, I'd like to have a nice discussion with about some property for sale.
Brace yourself: No. For several minor stunts and one or two major ones, he has used a stand-in, sometimes due to an injury and sometimes for other reasons. But he has done the vast majority of the insane stunts in his films.
So this property you have for sale, I imagine it has one or two minor drawbacks but is for the most part just as you represent it?
I hereby appoint myself the first member of the Gary Farber Less Curmudgeonly Rewrite Bridage Brigade (GFLCRB).
6: "Do stars really never do their own stunts?"
Well, sometimes they do. With regard to Chan, keep in mind that he's 51 years old, and whatever his PR man says, it's very likely that he uses a stunt double for some scenes. In fact, here's a page that concedes as much. Have a great day :)
According to the director's commentary, Burt Lancaster did all of his own stunts in this movie when he was 50. He doesn't do anything Jackie Chan-like, but he does jump onto and off of (once he's even shoved off) moving trains.
And y'all will be thrilled to know that Ben Affleck doesn't use a stunt bottom; the nekkid ass you see is his own.
OTOH, many of the naked body parts one sees in films are body doubles - after all, showing off cellulite is far more dangerous than jumping from a 10th floor window.
Jackie Chan
Posted by s_bethy | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 11:40 AM
What qualifies as a blogger stunt? Pantyblogging?
Posted by Chopper | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 11:47 AM
Yeah, bethy, we can be pretty sure that Chan does his own, because, if nothing else, we see him wiping out in the outtakes. I'm skeptical that other actors don't occasionially do their own as well.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 11:53 AM
This is why Jackie Chan doesn't like to make movies in the US.
Posted by joe o | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 12:16 PM
Lost in La Mancha, the documentary about Terry Gilliam's illfated Don Quixote project has some interesting segments about the anxious movie insurers.
Posted by Claudia | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 12:22 PM
"Do stars really never do their own stunts?"
Too vague a question to be answered other than by the uninformative "yes, sometimes."
Anyone who is gullible enough to believe that Jackie Chan, who is 51 years old, never uses a stunt man, I'd like to have a nice discussion with about some property for sale.
Posted by Gary Farber | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 1:53 PM
So this property you have for sale, I imagine it has one or two minor drawbacks but is for the most part just as you represent it?
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 1:56 PM
I hereby appoint myself the first member of the Gary Farber Less Curmudgeonly Rewrite
BridageBrigade (GFLCRB).6: "Do stars really never do their own stunts?"
Well, sometimes they do. With regard to Chan, keep in mind that he's 51 years old, and whatever his PR man says, it's very likely that he uses a stunt double for some scenes. In fact, here's a page that concedes as much. Have a great day :)
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 1:59 PM
Is it a prerequisite to joining GFLCRB that one doesn't follow GF's links? ;)
Posted by markus | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 5:31 PM
Does Johnny Knoxville count as a star?
Posted by Maynard Handley | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 5:40 PM
Bridage?
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 5:43 PM
Oops.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 5:47 PM
How does one dislocate a cheek bone? I wasn't aware that there was a cheek joint.
Posted by Chopper | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 6:20 PM
I know a drag queen who had cheekbone implants put in and one got dislocated in a fistfight a few months later. True story.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 6:27 PM
What qualifies as a blogger stunt?
Steve does all his own stunts.
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 6:40 PM
Oh, yeah, that qualifies. Especially the fermented soybeans. Yech.
Posted by Chopper | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 8:51 PM
According to the director's commentary, Burt Lancaster did all of his own stunts in this movie when he was 50. He doesn't do anything Jackie Chan-like, but he does jump onto and off of (once he's even shoved off) moving trains.
Posted by eb | Link to this comment | 05-23-05 11:20 PM
And y'all will be thrilled to know that Ben Affleck doesn't use a stunt bottom; the nekkid ass you see is his own.
OTOH, many of the naked body parts one sees in films are body doubles - after all, showing off cellulite is far more dangerous than jumping from a 10th floor window.
Posted by DominEditrix | Link to this comment | 05-24-05 2:43 PM