He broke his leg filming a stunt (bad landing onto a boat). Filming stopped for two weeks and he had to film the remaining scenes after with a cast on his ankle.
He stopped doing major stunts after that because he realized it wasn’t the right idea.
He’s still the star of the movie, though. So the risk of him getting injured or dying because of a stunt puts the future of the production in jeopardy, even if he has more skills than the typical action star.
Jackie Chan:
Good but also poor example.
He broke his leg filming a stunt (bad landing onto a boat). Filming stopped for two weeks and he had to film the remaining scenes after with a cast on his ankle.
He stopped doing major stunts after that because he realized it wasn’t the right idea.
Didn’t he start as a stunt actor for Bruce Lee?
Never heard that, cool if true.
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He’s still the star of the movie, though. So the risk of him getting injured or dying because of a stunt puts the future of the production in jeopardy, even if he has more skills than the typical action star.
Iirc Jackie became a famous movie star because of his stuntman work and owns a stuntman company