One of the biggest action blockbusters of the year opens in cinemas in just a few weeks. Even the James Bond series is shaking in its boots at the incredible stunt work on display here.
Ryan Gosling was just out and about in Barbieland as Ken when the next blockbuster starring the Hollywood star was announced. In The Fall Guy, he can be seen together with Oppenheimer star Emily Blunt in a declaration of love to action cinema. Since its premiere at the South by Southwest Festival, the film has been met with euphoric reactions. Even Steven Spielberg (West Side Story) is a fan
The Fall Guy with Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt puts James Bond in the shade with a stunt record
There is one thing in particular that can be gleaned from the first reviews of The Fall Guy: The action cracker impresses with exceptionally good stunt work. And that’s exactly what the movie is about. Gosling slips into the role of stuntman Colt Seavers, who already experienced exciting adventures in the 1980s series A Colt for All Seasons.
The new edition was directed by action expert David Leitch, who pulls out all the stops with his skills. After John Wick, Bullet Train and the like, he breaks a world record with The Fall Guy. Stuntman Logan Holladay flips his car eight and a half (!) times. The previous record holder in this discipline: James Bond
Here you can watch the making-of of the mega stunt:
Watch the video to see how the dangerous stunt was created. Leitch and his team explain their approach to the so-called Cannon Rolls. This is a stunt in which a device resembling a cannon is attached under the car and, when triggered, throws the car into the air.
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No movie has ever achieved eight and a half rollovers before. The previous record is held by Casino Royale. If you remember: shortly before the final act, Daniel Craig’s Bond races across the road in his Aston Martin. When he discovers the handcuffed Vesper Lynd, he spins the wheel and flips over seven times.
However, the stunt was not performed by Craig. Instead, stuntman Adam Kirley was behind the wheel. The Fall Guy now wants to pay tribute to these invisible people in the industry, similar to Quentin Tarantino’s cinematic homage Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood, in which Brad Pitt plays a stuntman.
Steven Spielberg loves The Fall Guy: Ryan Gosling talks about his encounter with the master director
While we’re on the subject of big Hollywood names: The Fall Guy has found a special fan. As Gosling reveals in an interview with Variety, none other than Steven Spielberg was extremely enthusiastic about the film
(Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt in The Fall Guy)
Gosling narrates:
I saw Steven Spielberg walking in my direction. I don’t know Steven Spielberg. I thought there was no way he was coming to talk to me. And yet he kept coming closer and closer, and then I thought, I know exactly what’s going to happen now. I’m going to point at him and he’s going to say, ‘Not you, behind you.’ So I’m not going to do that.
But Spielberg wanted to talk to Gosling:
Finally I said, ‘Me?’ And he said, ‘Yes, you.’ I’m like, ‘I’m sorry, I didn’t think you’d want to talk to me. ‘ I got up and he hugged me and said, ‘I just saw The Fall Guy and loved it.
So it’s official. Not only did The Fall Guy make stunt history, but it also got Spielberg’s blessing. If that’s not the perfect ingredients for a cracking summer blockbuster. Critics have been very positive about the movie so far. On Metacritic The Fall Guy has an average score of 79 out of 100. Rotten Tomatoes meanwhile counts 90 percent positive reviews.
