I'm not sure if anyone can answer this; but when Jackie Chan would do an American movie, even ten years ago when he was still agile, they had stunt doubles for him any time his character did something death-defying.
The same goes for Michelle Yeoh when she was in "Tomorrow Never Dies".
So how did Quentin Tatrrantino get away with making a movie that put one of it's stars in mortal danger? American productions are very edgy about things like that.
Probably because Troublemaker Studios is based out of Austin. Not to mention Zoe Bell is amazing at what she does.
shareZoë has on many occasions commented about the practice of safety measures when she performs a stunt- especially since Death Proof and reports of reckless individuals attempting to reenact the infamous high speed bonnet ride. Stunts are always coordinated before hand with the maximum safety for the performer and crew. The tricks of the trade aren't always talked about off screen as it takes from the 'magic' of the silver-screen.
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Jackie Chan would do an American movie, even ten years ago when he was still agile, they had stunt doubles for him any time his character did something death-defying.
The same goes for Michelle Yeoh when she was in "Tomorrow Never Die".
What a lot of people don't seem to get is that Zoë was basically being herself in the film- which is a stunt-woman/actress. Why would she need a stunt double when she can very well do the work herself?
American productions are very edgy about things like that
I'm not sure how international film institutes its rules and regulations in regard to film safety, but since Death Proof was filmed entirely in the U.S. I can imagine they followed S.A.G. rules and regulations accordingly.
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The reason why I mentioned Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh is that they are both professional stuntpeople. In "Police Story III", Michelle Yeoh rode a motorbike off a ramp onto a speeding train. Jackie Chan was so worried about being upstaged by her that he hung from a helicopter rope-ladder over the city of Kuala Lampur as it smashed him into buildings.
But that was a Hong-Kong production. It was the norm during the eighties and nineties that Jackie Chan would nearly die several times over anytime he did an action movie.
It doesn't matter with an American movie whether the actor is a professional stuntperson or not. American productions don't want to deal with putting an actor in a real life-or-death situation.
Like the poster before you said. She was playing "Herself". Her character was a Stunt Women. And She is also a Stunt Women!
share"So how did Quentin Tarantino get away with making a movie that put one of it's stars in mortal danger?"
Well, Quentin wrote the script with Zoe as the star and wrote it around her as a stunt person playing herself. See the story of this in Zoe's own words at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hatohmpwEMU between 2:42 and 3:45.
My point is they don't let Jackie Chan do his own stunts in American movies. I know he is in his fifties now; but back in the nineties, Jackie would almost kill himself doing an action movie in China and then watch his stunt-double do the dangerous stuff in "Rush Hour", "Shanghai Noon" and "The Tuxedo".
That was unfunny and a waste of time...Just awful. - Cinemoronn - 1
I'm not an expert, but I believe the difference is that there is a stunt-man union, and it would be illegal for Jackie Chan to do his own stunts, if he was not an accredited "stunt-man." Whereas Zoe Bell is an "official" stuntwoman, who just happened to be acting. Jackie Chan was good at stunts, but in America, he was not legally considered a "stunt-man."
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Jack White killed a man with his bare hands.... While singing and playing guitar.
Okay, thank you.