Most famous actors aren't allowed to do their own stunts.

If you're Tom Cruise and the only reason you star in a new Mission: Impossible movie is so you can strap yourself to the side of an actual military jet, then yes, you can put yourself in danger. Everyone else gets a stunt person who risks their life in the name of popcorn thrills.

Mad Max: Fury Road is among the greatest summer movies of the new millennium because it went the extra mile, executing wall-to-wall explosions and car crashes with actual explosions and car crashes.

Sure, it's touched up with computer graphics to erase the occasional safety cable, but most of the bang you see on screen went bang in real life.

Here's the proof: New Zealand stuntwoman Dayna Grant, who doubled for Charlize Theron's cunning warrior Furiosa in George Miller's Mad Max fourquel, took to Twitter to share a few behind-the-scenes snapshots.

One in particular is terrifying. If you think texting-and-driving is dangerous, imagine the risk-taking involved with photo-snapping-and-driving-a-flaming-war-rig:

Check out the rest of Grant's set photos below:

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From: Esquire UK