Actors Describe Their Most Dangerous Action Movie Stunts

“In Remains of the Day, it was actually me performing the butler’s subtle but anguished decision to put duty over intimacy.”

“I did everything you saw in WW84 since no stunt women wanted to be associated with it.”

“Titanic really tested my physical limits because I had to be romantically involved with someone that was my own age.”

“I’ve died performing a stunt in every movie I’ve ever been in. They always bring me back. They won’t let me rest.”

“I’ve suffered a skull fracture, a broken nose, and a dislocated cheekbone, all from filming a single V8 commercial.”

“Everything’s a stunt when you’re driving with a learner’s permit!”

“While the footage ended up looking incredible, I actually almost drowned shooting the scene in Titanic where Rose drinks a beer.”

“I work with a stunt coach who had me feel the pain of a bullet wound just in case it came up during Gnomeo & Juliet.”

“I once had to stand in a room with 15 crewmen and 35 extras for a whole four hours.”

“I don’t know. Everything we do is CGI.”

“The Harry Potter producers refused to get me a stunt double even though I was terrified of being surrounded by so many children.”

“While shooting Die Hard, [Director] John [McTiernan] insisted I crawl through the air ducts even though we were still awaiting the diagnostics from HVAC on mold and pollutants.”

“You don’t know pain until you’ve filmed Mama Mia! and fried the living shit out of your vocal cords singing ‘SOS.’”

“I insisted my face actually be covered in the bees even though the director said I absolutely didn’t have to do that for Moonstruck.”

“It wasn’t for a movie, but I once jumped off of a galloping horse only to get hit by a taxi while being chased by hit men down the streets of New York City.”

“I knew it was risky, but I told the Rocky producers I didn’t want a double to perform my dialogue.”

“The floor in Casino Royale was really, really slippery.”

“Don’t tell anyone, but that was a stunt double the entire time I was governor of California.”