Discover out why these stars don’t do their very own stunts…

Drew Barrymore as soon as cherished to do her personal stunts however after an on set accident, she determined it was time for her to take a step again. Whereas filming season considered one of Santa Clarita Weight-reduction plan, Drew had a close to dying expertise that left her within the hospital with a concussion. From there on out, she determined to go away it to the professionals.

“I’ll by no means do my very own stunts once more,” Drew informed Individuals. “That was the tip of an exquisite period. I can look again at a bunch of flicks that I completely was a baller and all the time threw myself in there. I whip it in Charlie’s Angels! However I’ll by no means do a stunt once more as a result of I may’ve died, and it was actually scary.”

Ryan Reynolds used to do all of his personal stunts — till his physician wrote him a prescription for a stuntman. The actor defined that after quite a few accidents performing his personal stunts, together with an accident whereas filming Protected Home that resulted in a number of damaged vertebrae, his physician informed him he wanted to step again from doing his personal stunts. He now tries to maintain it tame on set, particularly if he may doubtlessly damage his neck.

“I keep in mind the physician sitting within the workplace — it was in regards to the seventh time I had been there that yr — and he writes on a prescription pad, rips off the notice, and it reads ‘stuntman.’ Level taken. So now I take advantage of 4 totally different guys that include me,” Ryan shared with Empire.

Liam Neeson could also be an motion star however his stunts aren’t his personal. He as soon as defined that whereas he’s able to go head-to-head in battle scenes, he’s not keen to do his personal stunts. As an alternative, he leaves that within the palms of his longtime stuntman, Mark Vanselow.

“No accidents in any way,” Liam informed Collider about his work on Taken 3. “I do my very own fights, I do not do my very own stunts, and there’s a distinction. My expensive buddy Mark Vanselow, my stunt double, does all of the flying by glass, leaping buildings and stuff.  However, I do my very own combating. That’s my declare to fame.”

Samuel L. Jackson calls in backup from stuntmen when issues get somewhat loopy on set. He says that he would quite let an expert take the reins as a substitute of risking getting damage and chopping his profession quick.

“Consider it or not, I actually don’t do this a lot. I’ve a stuntman that’s so superior. I’ve had Kiante [Elam]…he did his first stunt for me in Lengthy Kiss Goodnight. He bought blown out of a resort window by a resort signal right into a tree. A keeper! I’ve had him ever since. We’ve been collectively so lengthy, he strikes like me and I transfer like him. It’s laborious to inform when it’s him, it’s laborious to inform when it’s me,” Samuel informed Entry Hollywood.

Danny Trejo doesn’t really feel the necessity to do his personal stunts as a result of he would by no means need to get damage on set after which mess with the manufacturing schedule. When making the choice to go away it to the professionals, Danny says he’s all the time considering of the opposite folks engaged on set.

“I do know that every one the large stars hate me to say this, however I don’t need to danger 80 peoples’ jobs simply to say I bought large huevos on The Tonight Present. As a result of that’s what occurs. I believe a giant star simply sprained an ankle doing a stunt, and 80 or 180 persons are out of a job. We have now stunt individuals who do this stuff…If I get damage, everyone’s out of a job. So I don’t select to try this,” Danny shared with Yahoo Films.

Nathan Fillion is not any stranger to doing his personal stunts however in recent times, he’s determined to take a step again. After years of getting damage on set, Nathan determined that it was greatest to let an expert stuntman step in, particularly because it provides a job to a different particular person. Nathan now usually works with Paul Anthony Scott.

“I used to be all the time the man who stated, ‘Let me do it, I need to do this stunt.’ After which two issues occurred. I bought kicked within the knee, by no means been the identical. [And] I realised that should you do the stunt — there’s a stunt man ready on the facet wearing your outfit able to do the stunt and should you do it, he doesn’t receives a commission. He will get paid by the stunt. Anyone’s job — I do not need to mess with that,” Nathan shared.