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:
My view from inside the war rig during rock rider attack #MadMaxFuryRoad #furiosa pic.twitter.com/DqczaH5PeR
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 15, 2015
Check out the rest of Grant's set photos below:
Getting ready to do my next stunt on the move with cars ramping on fire beside, camera guys ready #MadMaxFuryRoad pic.twitter.com/x6mGc23Ftg
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 15, 2015
My slide under the war rig on the move stunt #MadMaxFuryRoad #furiosa pic.twitter.com/jAvdpbykmz
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 15, 2015
Me spending a lot of time under the war rig on the move #furiosa #MadMaxFuryRoad pic.twitter.com/NkLpR1CU0A
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 15, 2015
Getting ready to go out on the move under the war rig #MadMaxFuryRoad #Furiosa pic.twitter.com/cjg7ux3BMs
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 16, 2015
#MadMaxFuryRoad #furiosa my arm and I went through a lot together over 8 months of filming pic.twitter.com/kiXyKNZKX7
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 15, 2015
In between takes on my motorbike on MadMaxFuryRoad #furiosa pic.twitter.com/EThwKtRdTQ
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 15, 2015
One of my MANY days in the wastelands as Furiosa Stunt Double on #MadMaxFuryRoad pic.twitter.com/kxjI3PIAKt
— Dayna Grant (@Daynastunts) May 14, 2015
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