Stunts
You´ve probably never heard of Nick and Wendy, but you´ve probably seen them, because they´ve been in a lot of famous films, including Alien, Superman, Star Wars and the Indiana Jones film. You haven´t heard of them because thay are stunts actors. Most film stars don´t want to do the dangerous thing in films, so stundmen and stuntwomen do them. Nick Gillard and Wendy Leech have been stunt doubles of some of the biggest movie stars.
Not all actors and acteresses have stunt doubles. Mel Gibson does his own stunts. In his films, he fallen off motorbikes and jumped out of cars, helicopters and a boat. In Mad Max 2 he jumped out of a huge lorry when it was travelling very fast. The actress, Michelle Yeoh,also does her own stunts. She´s been in over twenty fims, including the James Bond film, Tomorrow Never Dies. Michelle hes done some very dangerous stunt in the Police Story 3, when she rode a motorbike along the top of train.
Probably the most dangerous stunt ever was in the film Clitthanger. The stuntman Simon Crane, moved from one aeroplane to another. While they were flying at nearly five thousand metres. That was also the most expensive stunt ever. It cost o million dollars.
Dick Portman is a stunt actor. He´s only twenty-five years old. So he hasn´t been in a lot of films. However, he´s done some amazing stunts. In his last film, he drove o lorry down the side of a mountai. "It was terrifying" he said, " but the worst thing was when the director said: " thet was great, but we have to do it again."
Stunt work in very dangerous. Most stunt actors have been in hospital several times. Dick Portman has had a few accidents, too. He had a few accidents last year. He broke his leg and twisted his ankle. He was in hospital for two weeks. However, Dick doesn´t like to talk about it, besause it didn´t happen in a film. He was playing with his younger brother and fell downstairs.